Now, you have a team to work within setting up the Healthcare Information Technology Department. You are charged with planning, securing, implementing, and managing the operation of an electronic health record (EHR) system for St. Augustine’s Hospital.
Respond to the following concerns of the Board of Directors of St. Augustine’s Hospital:
Discuss the major steps that you will follow in planning, developing, and implementing the EHR system for St. Augustine’s using a systems development life cycle. PLO3
Explain the managerial issues or challenges in planning, developing, and implementing the EHR system. PLO3, GenED5
Demonstrate how these issues or challenges can be alleviated. GenEd5
Share your understanding of the concept of meaningful use of health care information. PLO3 GenEd5
Describe the 15 mandatory certification criteria developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that health care facilities should meet to qualify for meaningful use. GenEd5
Examine the impact that the EHR system has on the quality of care provided by St. Augustine’s Hospital. PLO3, GenEd5
Use the following template: Unit 4 Assignment
Deliverable Requirements: Prepare at minimum a 5-page CIO plan of action addressing the concerns above that will be sent to the board of directors. Make sure to cite your references using APA format.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:
Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
Length: 5 pages minimum
Body: This begins on the page following the title page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citatio