Adopting Health Information Systems
Many health care leaders struggle with identifying the advantages and/or disadvantages when adopting a new or improving a current health information system. Many organizations are opting out of acquiring a new health information system due to the high monetary cost. Meanwhile, other health care organizations face resistance from employees and other stakeholders over system implementation . Overall, system acquisition is a challenge for most health care leaders.
Review each of the following articles :
- Managing the data explosion
- Catholic health partners to acquire Kaiser Permanente Ohio
- Mergers and acquisitions may be hazardous to health IT
In your discussion post, refer to these articles as you answer the following questions:
- Discuss at least three of the barriers faced by health care leaders in adopting health information systems. Can these barriers be prevented? Explain your answer.
- Discuss some options that are available for health information system acquisition.
- Discuss systems of checks and balances could be used to eliminate or reduce resistance.
- Discuss how culture and/or behavioral factors influence acquisition.
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The knowledge of information technology has been applied in many fields which includes business, health care institutions, and even in manufacturing sectors among other sectors. In the field of health, information system shows slow growth as a result of barriers facing this sector (Martinho, 2013). Opposition from the physicians is one the barriers facing the implementation of the health information systems. The physicians feel that the tradition paper work is more effective as compared to computerized way of operation. This is made even worse by the low level of computer literacy…..
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