System Gaps And Paritiesedited

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System Gaps and Parities

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Introduction

The healthcare services require systems that can secure and keep the information of the

patients and the healthcare institution. Health information systems like any other technological

systems face issues such as security of data. These issues arise during data input and data output.

The tempering of health care systems may impact the accessibility and the integrity of the patient

health information that is kept in the system. It is the responsibility of healthcare leaders to be

concerned about the issues and provide measures on how to prevent the information.

The leaders in the healthcare sector should consider hiring the team of experts who

understand the vision and mission of the organization and its stakeholders. They should,

however, propose the system upgrades and implementation that will help in predicting parities

and gaps in an effort of reducing data security risks, costs, and the liabilities. This will guide the

health organization to long-term profitability.

Healthcare organizations have several health information systems’ leaders with different

roles. They help the organization in managing the system and observing the system gaps and

parities. The health information system leaders also are responsible for implementing the policies

and guidelines when handling the systems. The leaders include; Chief Information Officer (CIO),

Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chief Security Officer (CSO), Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)

and The project Leader (Glaser and Wager, 2013).

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The roles of health information system leaders

Chief Information Officer (CIO) - The CIO is the top leader in the healthcare chain and is

responsible for managing the entire IT department. He is in charge of procurement services,

training of staff and hiring new staff in the IT section. The individual in this position is more

experienced in technology, and thus he is responsible for the entire healthcare system.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – the CTO in simple terms is the architecture in the healthcare

system. He is responsible for planning and mapping in the department of technology, and he

ensures that technological structure in the health organization is up to date. He also oversees the

speed, Durability, accuracy, and reliability of the HealthCare systems in the organization. He

implements the software, hardware, and network solution for the system to work efficiently.

Chief Security Officer (CSO) – this is a new position in most healthcare organization within the

IT department. The role of the CSO is to oversee the security and backups of the system

information. He ensures that the system is not attacked by malware or viruses from external

forces such as the hackers.

Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) – the CPO in the organization is responsible in the legal and ethical

dimensions in the department. He sets the standards, procedures and the policies for the privacy

and confidentiality of the healthcare information, this in compliance with the healthcare act and

standards.

The Project Leader – the project leader is a person responsible for implementation of the system

in the organization. He facilitates the testing and repair of the system. The project leader is also

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responsible for moving or transferring the information system from one building to another in

case renovations are done in the organizations.

In healthcare organizations, stakeholders play a major role in the effectiveness of the

systems. The implementation of the IT strategies and policies requires a common understanding

among the stakeholders to be effectively successful. The healthcare systems also encounter

challenges and limitations while implementing its policies and guidelines. The leaders and the

stakeholders have to manage these problems and ensure that the organizational information is

kept safe. The limitations in the data analysis lie ahead and are endless. The system risks being

attacked by hackers who tend to sue the information for their self-gain, and this affects the

reputation of the organization.

The shareholders should put in place other measures of securing the system by insuring

the systems against these threats, and the medical practitioners should be educated on the

importance of the information stored in the records. Another limitation is that privacy is not

sufficient as some medical practitioners’ shares information to their colleagues about medical

conditions of some patients. This has put their confidentiality into threat, for example, some

patients who are HIV+ feel embarrassed when they get to know that their status was shared by

the health workers working in the organization.

Healthcare systems have opportunities of improving the services. Quality improvement

of the system is made by the leaders and the stakeholders. The process of improving the way the

system operates is more advantageous to me especially being related to my final proposal which

is about identifying ways of system upgrade and implementation of its policies. To prevent the

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gaps and parities in healthcare organizations all the leaders and stakeholders have worked

together in a good way to achieve the goal.

Despite the challenges that are facing the system and its leaders, the introduction of

technology into healthcare organization has made work easier to the relevant authorities. The

management can now keep records for more than 100 years in the system which can be retrieved

at any time needed. The system has made work easier for the government as they can trace the

revenues collected within the organization. The researchers who have conducted surveys have

concluded that since the introduction of IT in the health sector, there has been an increase in

patients who communicate with doctors online requesting help virtually. The table below shows

some of the statistics carried out in a healthcare organization.

Patients communicating

with physicians’ online

Patients desiring

to communicate

online

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103

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

The table above shows the statistics that since the year 2012 there has been an increase in the

number of patients willing and those using the internet to communicate with the practitioners.

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Conclusion

The introduction of technology in the healthcare organizations has made work easier and

has employed others. It is evident from the above analysis that there has been an increase in the

use of the system in the last 5 years. The government should, however, work with the healthcare

organizations in providing more funds to implement its policies. This will increase the number of

patients using the system online without necessarily coming to the organization, and this will

reduce the crowds that come to seek medications. The government should also provide education

to the people on the importance of using the system, and this will see the sector improving its

service delivery (Stegwee, 2001).

100

120

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

#REF!

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References

Glaser, J. P. & Wager, K. A.(2013). Health Care Information Systems. San Francisco, CA:

Jossey-Bass.

Leviss, J., Kremsdorf, R., & Mohaideen, M. F. (2006). The CMIO—A New Leader for Health

Systems. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 13(5), 573–

578. http://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.M2097

Stegwee, R. A., & S, T. A. M. (2001). Strategies for healthcare information systems.

Hershey, Penn [u.a.: Idea Group Publ.

Wager, K. A., Lee, F. W., & Glaser, J. P. (2013). Health care information systems: A practical

approach for health care management.

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