Assignment 2: Competiveness and Performance Effectiveness for Health Care IT Systems

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Assignment 2: Competiveness and Performance Effectiveness for Health Care IT Systems

Due Week 8 and worth 250 points

Write a six 1/2 page paper in which you:

  1. Define the fundamental responsibilities and key characteristics of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) within health care organizations. Make one (1) recommendation where they can utilize their expertise to assist with employee and patient satisfaction. Support your response with related examples of such expertise in use.
  2. Suggest two (2) developing technologies that health care systems should use in order to improve health care processes and thus increase the quality and lower the cost of health services. Provide a rationale to support your response.
  3. Determine two (2) significant methods that health care systems should use in order to prevent misuse of information and protect data privacy and thus achieve a high level of security of health information. Provide a rationale to support your response.
  4. Suggest one (1) strategy for health care organizations to train providers in using technology in health care. Provide a rationale to support your response.
  5. Provide three (3) best practices for effective IT alignment and strategic planning initiatives. Justify your response.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar type Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Examine the impact technologies have on health care information systems.
  • Describe the basic components of a strategic information system plan.
  • Describe the major types and classifications of health care information standards and the specific organizations that develop and regulate these standards.
  • Discuss the need for, and identify methods of, accomplishing the security of information systems.
  • Evaluate the impact of strategic information system plans on organizational competiveness and performance.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health information systems.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health information systems using proper writing mechanics.

Points: 250

Assignment 2: Competiveness and Performance Effectiveness for Health Care IT Systems

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Define the fundamental responsibilities and key characteristics of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) within health care organizations. Make one (1) recommendation where they can utilize their expertise to assist with employee and patient satisfaction. Support your response with related examples of such expertise in use.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely defined the fundamental responsibilities and key characteristics of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) within health care organizations. Did not submit or incompletely made one (1) recommendation where they can utilize their expertise to assist with employee and patient satisfaction. Did not submit or incompletely supported your response with related examples of such expertise in use.

Insufficiently defined the fundamental responsibilities and key characteristics of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) within health care organizations. Insufficiently made one (1) recommendation where they can utilize their expertise to assist with employee and patient satisfaction. Insufficiently supported your response with related examples of such expertise in use.

Partially defined the fundamental responsibilities and key characteristics of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) within health care organizations. Partially made one (1) recommendation where they can utilize their expertise to assist with employee and patient satisfaction. Partially supported your response with related examples of such expertise in use.

Satisfactorily defined the fundamental responsibilities and key characteristics of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) within health care organizations. Satisfactorily made one (1) recommendation where they can utilize their expertise to assist with employee and patient satisfaction. Satisfactorily supported your response with related examples of such expertise in use.

Thoroughly defined the fundamental responsibilities and key characteristics of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) within health care organizations. Thoroughly made one (1) recommendation where they can utilize their expertise to assist with employee and patient satisfaction. Thoroughly supported your response with related examples of such expertise in use.

2. Suggest two (2) developing technologies that health care systems should use in order to improve health care processes and thus increase the quality and lower the cost of health services. Provide a rationale to support your response.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely suggested two (2) developing technologies that health care systems should use in order to improve health care processes and thus increase the quality and lower the cost of health services. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale to support your response.

Insufficiently suggested two (2) developing technologies that health care systems should use in order to improve health care processes and thus increase the quality and lower the cost of health services. Insufficiently provided a rationale to support your response.

Partially suggested two (2) developing technologies that health care systems should use in order to improve health care processes and thus increase the quality and lower the cost of health services. Partially provided a rationale to support your response.

Satisfactorily suggested two (2) developing technologies that health care systems should use in order to improve health care processes and thus increase the quality and lower the cost of health services. Satisfactorily provided a rationale to support your response.

Thoroughly suggested two (2) developing technologies that health care systems should use in order to improve health care processes and thus increase the quality and lower the cost of health services. Thoroughly provided a rationale to support your response.

3. Determine two (2) significant methods that health care systems should use in order to prevent misuse of information and protect data privacy and thus achieve a high level of security of health information. Provide a rationale to support your response.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely determined two (2) significant methods that health care systems should use in order to prevent misuse of information and protect data privacy and thus achieve a high level of security of health information. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale to support your response.

Insufficiently determined two (2) significant methods that health care systems should use in order to prevent misuse of information and protect data privacy and thus achieve a high level of security of health information. Insufficiently provided a rationale to support your response.

Partially determined two (2) significant methods that health care systems should use in order to prevent misuse of information and protect data privacy and thus achieve a high level of security of health information. Partially provided a rationale to support your response.

Satisfactorily determined two (2) significant methods that health care systems should use in order to prevent misuse of information and protect data privacy and thus achieve a high level of security of health information. Satisfactorily provided a rationale to support your response.

Thoroughly determined two (2) significant methods that health care systems should use in order to prevent misuse of information and protect data privacy and thus achieve a high level of security of health information. Thoroughly provided a rationale to support your response.

4. Suggest one (1) strategy for health care organizations to train providers in using technology in health care. Provide a rationale to support your response.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely suggested one (1) strategy for health care organizations to train providers in using technology in health care. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale to support your response.

Insufficiently suggested one (1) strategy for health care organizations to train providers in using technology in health care. Insufficiently provided a rationale to support your response.

Partially suggested one (1) strategy for health care organizations to train providers in using technology in health care. Partially provided a rationale to support your response.

Satisfactorily suggested one (1) strategy for health care organizations to train providers in using technology in health care. Satisfactorily provided a rationale to support your response.

Thoroughly suggested one (1) strategy for health care organizations to train providers in using technology in health care. Thoroughly provided a rationale to support your response.

5. Provide three (3) best practices for effective IT alignment and strategic planning initiatives. Justify your response. Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely provided three (3) best practices for effective IT alignment and strategic planning initiatives. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response.

Insufficiently provided three (3) best practices for effective IT alignment and strategic planning initiatives. Insufficiently justified your response.

Partially provided three (3) best practices for effective IT alignment and strategic planning initiatives. Partially justified your response.

Satisfactorilyprovided three (3) best practices for effective IT alignment and strategic planning initiatives. Satisfactorily justified your response.

Thoroughlyprovided three (3) best practices for effective IT alignment and strategic planning initiatives. Thoroughlyjustified your response.

6. 3 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references, and / or references are of poor quality.

Meets the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

7. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting

Weight: 5%

Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Numerous errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

8. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and reference section

Weight: 5%

Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.

In-text citations and references are given, but not in APA format.

In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.

Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style.

In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.

9. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources

Weight: 5%

Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.

Sources are rarely integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

10. Clarity and Coherence of Writing

Weight: 5%

Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is somewhat confusing with not enough reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

 
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