regards to the delay in implementation of the new system Please see the summary of the issues that arise because of the implementation delay‚ and the evaluation of possible course of options to resolve them. Current issues: The project has gone far over budget and over schedule. And yet in its final stage‚ we still face additional cost in new software licensing. In the mean time‚ we also need the resources in place to launch the new product after years of research and development. We do not have
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Executive Summary Over the years Peachtree had grown from a single hospital to a regional network of 11 institutions. With over 4‚000 employees and a million patients Peachtree’s IT infrastructure has not kept up with their growth. The current IT system is not reliable‚ efficient and secure. The company mission is to provide "quality‚ consistency and continuity care across the entire network" delivered with "efficacy‚ economy and respect for patients and staff". In addition‚ unlike the healthcare
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Executive Summary Peachtree is a successful and well-established healthcare organization with several institutions including hospitals‚ medical schools and clinics. With their broad market they have reached‚ they need to work on their IT system as the current system consumed so much maintenance time. They have several different incompatible IT systems in their organization amongst the institutions. Therefore Peachtree is looking or a reliable IT system to achieve their objective which is delivering
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HBR CASE STUDY Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? Peachtree Healthcare’s patchwork IT infrastructure is in critical condition. Should the CEO approve a shift to risky new technology or go with the time-tested monolithic system? by John P. Glaser F Daniel Vasconcellos after their squash game‚ Max Berndt drank iced tea with his board chairman‚ Paul Lefler. Max‚ a thoracic surgeon by training‚ was the CEO of Peachtree Healthcare. He’d occupied the post for nearly 12 years. In that time the
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Randell Pugh “Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve” CIS 521 Professor: Due Date: October 23rd 2011 “Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve” Peachtree Healthcare has major information technology (IT) infrastructure problems‚ and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Max Berndt is struggling to find the right fix. Max can go with a single set of systems and applications that will provide consistency across Peachtree’s facilities but may not give doctors enough flexibility. Max
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Sam Herrick November 15‚ 2009 Case Study 3 Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve: Peachtree Healthcare Peachtree Healthcare CEO Max Berndt has been faced with a dilemma within his company. There has been a major IT infrastructure problem within his company for some time now. Since technology has taken over in the healthcare field‚ it is imperative that Peachtree Healthcare get the ball rolling and get the technology needed so they can be trusted and well known within the healthcare industry. After
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CASE STUDY Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Peachtree Healthcare (PH)’s mission are ensures quality‚ provide consistency and continuity of care across the entire network‚ to deliver care with the highest levels of efficiency and economy‚ and maintain respect for patients and staff. The objective of PH is to offer all kinds of treatments so patients’ care would be continued without any disruption. PH’s patchwork IT infrastructure is in critical condition‚ so it has major IT infrastructure
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Executive Summary: To: Max Berndt‚ CEO Peachtree Healthcare From: Services Consultant Date: September 24‚ 2013 Peachtree’s vision is to ensure a quality‚ consistent and continuity of care across the entire network of care facilities but to deliver all of this at the highest levels of efficiency‚ economy‚ and respect for patients and staff. In order to be competitive in the health industry‚ Peachtree has obtained a number of varying health institutes via mergers. The concern is the instability
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Jordan Dr. Anne Blanchard English 1101 March 13‚ 2013 How Far is Too Far? In 2012 there were eight major public shootings‚ and since Columbine occurred in April 1999‚ 28 public shootings have occurred. The rate of people who have succumbed to fatal gunshot wounds in public areas has increased to 19.5 times higher than those of similar income countries‚ and there have been at least 61 mass murders since 1982 (Shen‚ Timeline of Mass Shootings). Whenever any type of mass murder occurs‚ the same
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Technology Gone Too Far Almost everyone uses technology to communicate. Even schools use technology to communicate with parents and students about grades and upcoming events. This is great. Technology has also created a society where people are more likely to pick up the remote on turn on the T.V. on a beautiful day then go outside for a stroll. People are more lazy today. Technology is great in many ways‚ but technology has also a negative impact on our future generation. I’m not
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