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Scenario: The healthcare industry is steadily shifting towards adoption of more Health-IT practices. One of them is the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR).
You are the Director of Planning of a large hospital in an urban market. The hospital is one of the largest employers in the market and is composed of a culturally-diverse and multi-generation workforce. Some employees agree that adoption of EHR is the best way forward and are for the change. However, other employees disagree and are not particularly ready for EHR adoption.
As the organization continues to move forward and prepare for its annual strategic planning retreat, the CEO has asked you to create a “white paper” (similar to a short research paper) that will:
- Educate the organization on the benefits of adopting an EHR system. Benefits include but are not limited to pecuniary, strategy, and quality of care.
The CEO is also aware of the discord within the workforce with regards to adoption of EHR. Towards this, she requests you:
- Identify three culturally diverse or multi-generation workforce issues towards EHR adoption that you foresee.
- Outline strategies to mitigate the issues, and implement the adoption of EHR across the workforce within 1 year.
The “white paper” should be well-written and meet the following requirements:
- 2-3 pages (single-spaced) in length,
- Formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.), and
- Include at least three current references from the peer-reviewed articles. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find peer-reviewed articles.
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Running Head: ALIGNING STRATEGY STRUCTURE
Aligning Strategy Structure
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Advanced technology has enabled healthcare sectors to appropriately and effectively
measure the outcomes of patient satisfaction and care being provided. Electronic health records
allow healthcare sectors to radically transform their methods and procedures regarding the
services being provided to patients. Adopting an electronic health records system is the first step
in achieving transformed healthcare. Better health care is essential for the performance and
improvements relating to patient care, safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness,
communication, education, timeliness, efficiency, and quality. Which are all elements of the
mission of the healthcare industry (Thakkar & Davis, 2006)?
Benefits of Adoption
There are many benefits that goes along with the facility adopting an electronic health
records (EHR) system. Those benefits consist of providing accurate and up-to-date information
about the patients being served, makes it quicker to access the records of the patient thus,
improves the coordination among staff and efficiency of care, helps providers effectively
diagnose patients, reduces medical errors, and provides for a safer action of care for patients
(Blumenthal & Tavenner, 2010). The electronic health records system also enables the
improvements concerning patient and provider interactions along with communication, reliable
methods of prescribing medications, and helps promote legible productivit...
