HSA 4191 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act, Modern Healthcare, Organizational Chart
Document Summary
Development of information systems in a modern healthcare organization is a complex task involving major capital expenditures and significant staff commitments if the systems are to function properly. Developing a consistent, integrated master plan for the information systems is essential. This section provides guidelines for those organizations that have yet to create, organize for, or implement an hit strategic plan. Ceo should take direct responsibility for organizing the planning effort. Appropriate governance creates an environment in which the board of trustees assigns responsibility, authority, and accountability to the ceo. The level of sophistication of this structure depends on the size and complexity of the organizations and the nature of the environment in which it operates. The ceo often does not have the expertise or time to develop the hit plan: hit steering committee should be formed with representative from major units of th organization that contribute to and benefit from hit functions.
