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HCS 483 DISCUSSION 2

Question 1

In a traditional organizational structure, healthcare organizations divide employees along

geographic, functional and professional lines. Each of these groups is assigned a particular role

to play in improving service delivery to the patients. Grouping healthcare practitioners along the

functional line have impacted how these firms operate, and how they design their information

systems (Rexhepi, 2015). Since these groups coordinate to achieve a particular goal, a patient’s

information is distributed amongst these groups and across various departmental information

systems. For the patient’s information to be shared with ease, and without any errors,

information systems designed must incorporate hardware and software that allows the different

groups to modify, and share information in a consistent state (Rexhepi, 2015). In most hospitals,

patient’s information moves across various independent information systems where each of the

systems communicates with other systems in that organization. For this reason, an information

system designed must meet the need of the organizations by allowing the sharing of information

among the various autonomous systems within the organization.

Question 2

Healthcare financing affects how a healthcare facility operates, and how various

decisions are made in that organization. Healthcare organizations require ample funds to

function, and to offer high-quality services to the patients. Research suggests that there is a direct

relationship between the quality of services in a healthcare organization and the level of

financing on that firm (Williams & Brown, 2014). The primary function of a healthcare facility

is to provide cost-effective, and high-quality services to the patients. If the funding to a

healthcare is insufficient, the facility will be unable to meet the health needs of the patients, and

most of the health services offered will be costly, and unaffordable to the patients (Williams &

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Running Head: HCS 483 DISCUSSION 1 HCS 483 Discussion Name Institution 2 HCS 483 DISCUSSION Question 1 In a traditional organizational structure, healthcare organizations divide employees along geographic, functional and professional lines. Each of these groups is assigned a particular role to play in improving service delivery to the patients. Grouping healthcare practitioners along the functional line have impacted how these firms operate, and how they design their information systems (Rexhepi, 2015). Since these groups coordinate to achieve a particular goal, a patient’s information is distributed amongst these groups and across various departmental information systems. For the patient’s information to be shared with ease, and without any errors, information systems designed must incorporate hardware and software that allows the different groups to modify, and share information in a consistent state (Rexhepi, 2015). In most hospitals, patient’s information moves across various independent information systems where each of the systems communicates with other systems in that organization. For this reason, an information system designed must meet the need of the organiz ...
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