Selecting and Acquiring and Information System
Selecting and Acquiring and Information System
HCS/483
June 4, 2012
Selecting and Acquiring an Information System
The need for information system (IS) has increased progressively for health care organizations. Information systems designed for the health care industry help organizations meet the quality, patient care, and communities’ needs if planned properly. Acquiring, implementing, and selecting an information system can be difficult, but when doing so the organization goals need to be taken in account. It is important to include all major stakeholders in choosing an information system in trying to achieve organizations goals. Technology acquisition process is essential in developing an information system for organizations. There have been many articles and stories written about organizations failures in acquiring an information system. This briefing will discuss how to properly select and acquire an information system.
Process and Selecting
Selecting an Information system can take some time to research and decide depending on the health care organizational needs. When choosing a system and IS strategic team should be form, goals made, and research to find the system that will be able to handle the organizations needs. Like baking a cake, before starting you find out what kind of cake should be baked, obtain the ingredients, read the directions, measure, mix it together, and bake it on the proper temperature. If directions were followed a perfect cake will be frosted. The process in choosing a system entails planning, selecting, implementation, and evaluating also known as the systems, development life cycle (SDLC). Although the SDLC is most commonly described in the context of software development, the process also applies when systems are purchased from a vendor or leased through an application service provider (Wager, Lee, & Glaser, Chapter 6, 2009). An ASP is a company that deploys, hosts, and manages one or more clinical or administrative
HCS/483
June 4, 2012
Selecting and Acquiring an Information System
The need for information system (IS) has increased progressively for health care organizations. Information systems designed for the health care industry help organizations meet the quality, patient care, and communities’ needs if planned properly. Acquiring, implementing, and selecting an information system can be difficult, but when doing so the organization goals need to be taken in account. It is important to include all major stakeholders in choosing an information system in trying to achieve organizations goals. Technology acquisition process is essential in developing an information system for organizations. There have been many articles and stories written about organizations failures in acquiring an information system. This briefing will discuss how to properly select and acquire an information system.
Process and Selecting
Selecting an Information system can take some time to research and decide depending on the health care organizational needs. When choosing a system and IS strategic team should be form, goals made, and research to find the system that will be able to handle the organizations needs. Like baking a cake, before starting you find out what kind of cake should be baked, obtain the ingredients, read the directions, measure, mix it together, and bake it on the proper temperature. If directions were followed a perfect cake will be frosted. The process in choosing a system entails planning, selecting, implementation, and evaluating also known as the systems, development life cycle (SDLC). Although the SDLC is most commonly described in the context of software development, the process also applies when systems are purchased from a vendor or leased through an application service provider (Wager, Lee, & Glaser, Chapter 6, 2009). An ASP is a company that deploys, hosts, and manages one or more clinical or administrative
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