Part 6
1. Does the implementation of enterprise wide systems improve the quality of care and drive down the cost? Cite cases and references.
2. Some experts state that full enterprise wide implementation of the HIT details of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act could cost as much as $100,000 per hospital bed, most of which will not be reimbursed by government subsidies (The Economist, World Edition, 2010). What is the impact of this on already tight budgets?
Sources to use are:
Tan, J., Payton, F. C. (2010). Adaptive Health Management Information Systems: Concepts Cases and Practical Applications (3rd ed.). Boston: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN 13: 978-0-7637-5691-8.
Hickman, G.T., Smaltz, D. H. (2008). The Healthcare Information Technology Planning Field book: Tactics, Tools and Templates for Building your IT Plan. Chicago: HIMSS. ISBN 978-0-9800697-1-6.
