Need help with 4 questions below, please. Whales Hospital is in a community that
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Need help with 4 questions below, please.
Whales Hospital is in a community that is changing. It had been an industrial city, but many of the industries have closed. The local college is growing and is now the number one employer. Other major businesses include healthcare and a local amusement park. The population is also changing. There is a great increase of young people because of the college and work available at the amusement park.
A new hospital is opening up in a year. It will be a high-tech facility. The only currently existing hospital competing against you has the trauma center for the area and is opening an OB service. There is no children’s hospital in the area. Both existing hospitals treat some pediatric patients; however, seriously ill pediatric patients are sent to the closest children’s hospital, which is located 2 hours away.
Whales Hospital has recently added physician offices, home health, and an occupational health center to their network. They have not networked and implemented existing systems to these organizations. Administration developed the following business objectives: • Improve quality of care provided to patients Use hospital resources effectively and efficiently • Increase market share of healthcare services provided within Whales.
Whales Hospital has the following information systems implemented:
• Lab information system was implemented 5 years ago
• Radiology information system was implemented last year
• Nursing information system was implemented 3 years ago
• Hospital information system was implemented 10 years ago
• Decision support system goes live in 6 months
• Financial information system was implemented 2 years ago
• Electronic health record
The hospital does not have the following systems:
• Knowledge-based system
• Order entry/results reporting
• Intensive care unit
• Data repository
Based on the information above:
1. How well are systems in place to meet the objectives?
2. Determine possible projects to ensure that the objectives are met.
3. How can you use technology to prepare for the changes in the community?
4. How will HIM be affected by your proposed projects?
Explanation / Answer
1. Systems are lacking in terms of meeting the objectives. Most of the processes are automated to make the process hassle free and to provide utmost satisfaction to the customers and patients. But Intensive care unit and Data repository are two main units to provide better services to the customers.
2. Intensive care unit and Data Repository should be done on an urgent basis to offer best services to the customers and patients.
3. As the community is changing and people are becoming more tech savvy, so the hospitals need to keep themselves updated with the latest technology. All advanced facilities should be there in the hospital to treat the patients in the best possible way. Data Repository system should be well in place so that there would be no discrepancy at the time of offering treatment to the patients.
4. By the proposed project of managing Data Repository Management would help in managing the health information of the patients in a better way. The past health records of the patients would be readily available and thus better and instant treatment would be given to the patients without any hassle.