HSA 4191 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Organizational Chart, System Analysis
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Ceo (chief executive officer): determine what area of leadership is responsible for the management of information technology in the healthcare organization. Cfo (chief financial officer): reflect the high priority the organization reserved fir accurate and timely financial information generally and patient billing particularly. Cio (chief information officer): the regulatory reporting requirements, and the use of information in strategic planning and decision support, most healthcare organizations now assign the responsibility for information management and communications to the separate executive-level position. In a study of organizations that successfully managed information technologies, weill and ross identify ten characteristics that these successful organizations have in common. Assign ownership [of] and accountability for information technology governance. Implement common mechanisms across the six key assets. The book identifies seven leadership skills that support the need for cios to have management skills as opposed to purely technical skills; these leaders do the following: