Health Information Systems Assignment 3: Healthcare Informatics and System Breaches You are the Information Officer at a large hospital and it has been brought to your attention that there is a possibility a significant information technology failure or breach has occurred within your hospital. Using the Internet identify another health care organization or healthcare provider that has recently had a significant information technology failure or breach. You will need to create a news brief or memo to your staff letting them know about the failure or breach and how it has affected other organizations. Write a news brief or memo for your staff in which you: Outline four (4) key factors contributing to the HIMS failure or breach.Analyze three (3) ways that the HIMS failure impacted both the organization’s operations and patient information protection, privacy or personal safety.Diagnose the leadership team’s reaction to the failure, and indicate whether or not you believe the leadership took sufficient measures to deal with various stakeholder groups impacted by the failure. Next, consider whether the organization had significant resources in place to prevent this occurrence and if not identify where most of the contributing failure occurred.Suggest three (3) outcomes for the facility and express whether you agree with the overall verdict or violation.Recommend at least three (3) best practices that your hospital can adopt to avoid such a HIMS failure or breach in the future. Provide support for the recommendation.Provide one (1) current government requirement requiring all healthcare organizations to ensure that health care and patient information is secure and information breaches and technology failures are minimized.Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Your news brief or memo should include a heading, summary statement, background and recommendations.Demonstrate an understanding of the systems development life cycle as it pertains to both the development of a custom application and the selection of proprietary systems.Assess the need for and determine the methods of accomplishing the security of information systems.Use technology and information resources to research issues in health information systems.Write clearly and concisely about health information systems using proper writing mechanics. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Assignment 3: Healthcare Informatics and System Breaches Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1. Outline four (4) key factors contributing to the HIMS failure or breach. Weight: 10% Did not submit or incompletely outlined four (4) key factors contributing to the HIMS failure or breach. Partially outlined four (4) key factors contributing to the HIMS failure or breach. Satisfactorily outlined four (4) key factors contributing to the HIMS failure or breach. Thoroughly outlined four (4) key factors contributing to the HIMS failure or breach. 2. Analyze three (3) ways that the HIMS failure impacted both the organization’s operations and patient information protection, privacy or personal safety. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely analyzed three (3) ways that the HIMS failure impacted both the organization’s operations and patient information protection, privacy or personal safety. Partially analyzed three (3) ways that the HIMS failure impacted both the organization’s operations and patient information protection, privacy or personal safety. Satisfactorily analyzed three (3) ways that the HIMS failure impacted both the organization’s operations and patient information protection, privacy or personal safety. Thoroughly analyzed three (3) ways that the HIMS failure impacted both the organization’s operations and patient information protection, privacy or personal safety. 3. Diagnose the leadership team’s reaction to the failure, and indicate whether or not you believe the leadership took sufficient measures to deal with various stakeholder groups impacted by the failure. Next, consider whether the organization had significant resources in place to prevent this occurrence and if not identify where most of the contributing failure occurred. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely diagnosed the leadership team’s reaction to the failure, and indicate whether or not you believe the leadership took sufficient measures to deal with various stakeholder groups impacted by the failure. Did not submit or incompletely considered whether the organization had significant resources in place to prevent this occurrence and if not identify where most of the contributing failure occurred. Partially diagnosed the leadership team’s reaction to the failure, and indicate whether or not you believe the leadership took sufficient measures to deal with various stakeholder groups impacted by the failure. Partially considered whether the organization had significant resources in place to prevent this occurrence and if not identify where most of the contributing failure occurred. Satisfactorily diagnosed the leadership team’s reaction to the failure, and indicate whether or not you believe the leadership took sufficient measures to deal with various stakeholder groups impacted by the failure. Satisfactorily considered whether the organization had significant resources in place to prevent this occurrence and if not identify where most of the contributing failure occurred. Thoroughly diagnosed the leadership team’s reaction to the failure, and indicate whether or not you believe the leadership took sufficient measures to deal with various stakeholder groups impacted by the failure. Thoroughly considered whether the organization had significant resources in place to prevent this occurrence and if not identify where most of the contributing failure occurred. 4. Suggest three (3) outcomes for the facility and express whether you agree with the overall verdict or violation. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely suggested three (3) outcomes for the facility and express whether you agree with the overall verdict or violation. Partially suggested three (3) outcomes for the facility and express whether you agree with the overall verdict or violation. Satisfactorily suggested three (3) outcomes for the facility and express whether you agree with the overall verdict or violation. Thoroughly suggested three (3) outcomes for the facility and express whether you agree with the overall verdict or violation. 5. Recommend at least three (3) best practices that your hospital can adopt to avoid such a HIMS failure or breach in the future. Provide support for the recommendation. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely recommended at least three (3) best practices that your hospital can adopt to avoid such a HIMS failure or breach in the future. Did not submit or incompletely provided support for the recommendation. Partially recommended at least three (3) best practices that your hospital can adopt to avoid such a HIMS failure or breach in the future. Partially provided support for the recommendation. Satisfactorily recommended at least three (3) best practices that your hospital can adopt to avoid such a HIMS failure or breach in the future. Satisfactorily provided support for the recommendation. Thoroughly recommended at least three (3) best practices that your hospital can adopt to avoid such a HIMS failure or breach in the future. Thoroughly provided support for the recommendation. 6. Provide one (1) current government requirement requiring all healthcare organizations to ensure that health care and patient information is secure and information breaches and technology failures are minimized. Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely provided one (1) current government requirement requiring all healthcare organizations to ensure that health care and patient information is secure and information breaches and technology failures are minimized. Partially provided one (1) current government requirement requiring all healthcare organizations to ensure that health care and patient information is secure and information breaches and technology failures are minimized. Satisfactorily provided one (1) current government requirement requiring all healthcare organizations to ensure that health care and patient information is secure and information breaches and technology failures are minimized. Thoroughly provided one (1) current government requirement requiring all healthcare organizations to ensure that health care and patient information is secure and information breaches and technology failures are minimized. 7. 4 references Weight: 5% No references provided Does not meet 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. 8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% More than 6 errors present 5-6 errors present 3-4 errors present 0-2 errors present

Competency Integrate leadership and management principles with knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory guidelines to enhance quality care and patient safety while functioning within legal and ethical parameters of professional nursing. Scenario You were recently promoted to the position of Director of the Medical Surgical unit at your local hospital. You just finished meeting with a group of Directors who were discussing the Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) rates. Your unit’s CAUTI rate has not decreased since the implementation of a new policy over a year ago. Financial repercussions of the high CAUTI rate cannot continue. You have been given the task of reviewing the policy and creating a SWOT Analysis, offering recommendations for change. Instructions Integrating principles of leadership and management, create a SWOT Analysis of the policy linked here . In the SWOT Analysis, include the following: S: Strengths of policy Choose strengths/positive aspects of the policy, including regulatory guidelines. Support choice of strengths with current literature. Strengths are analyzed completely and are proven with current literature. W: Weaknesses of policy Choose weaknesses/concerns of the policy related to regulatory guidelines. Include weaknesses/concerns of the policy related to financial guidelines. Support choice of weaknesses, proven with current literature. O: Opportunities Include opportunities for growth or improvement of the policy. Include perceived opportunities for financial, legal, ethical, quality and safety. Analyze opportunities proven with current literature. T: Threats Include perceived threats to financial, legal, ethical, quality and safety. Support choice of threats proven with current literature. Propose clearly stated and concise recommendations for change. Include descriptions of necessary actions. Use evidence to support your recommendations. Recommendations should be fully developed and have strong evidence for support. Be sure to use professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar.The link above is the SWOT Policy to be analyzed and reviewed.