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HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Topic/Faculty Articles and Cases

Overview of Healthcare IT Class and Class D. Blumenthal, “Information Technology Comes


Exercises to Medicine,” New England Journal of Medicine,
Developing a Healthcare IT Strategic Plan June 14, 2007. *
♦ overview of strategic planning
♦ strategic planning methodologies
E. Shortliffe, “Strategic Action in Health
♦ alignment with business plan
Information Technology: Why the Obvious Has
♦ examples: good and bad
Taken so Long,” Health Affairs , Sept./Oct. 2005.
♦ selling your plan internally
“The Information Systems Strategy Triangle,”
IT Governance and Oversight Ch. 1, Managing and Using Information Systems.
♦ definition of governance
♦ scope and guiding principles “Strategic Information Systems Planning,” Ch.
♦ what needs governance 11, Information Systems for Healthcare
♦ user engagement and input Management.
♦ decision making and enforcement

Case: Alliant Health System


New Technologies: What’s Hot and What’s Not

CME Learning Objective: I am better able to


plan and develop the governance and oversight
requirements of a healthcare IT project.

Faculty

Ron Peshock, MD
Kirk Kirksey, MA
Michael Chwialkowski, PhD
John McCracken

* Included in pre-course readings.

Text References
♦ C.J. Austin & S.B. Boxerman, Information Systems for Healthcare Management, 6th Edition,
Health Administration Press, 2002.
♦ F. Brooks, The Mythical Man Month, Addison-Wesley, 1995.
♦ K.E. Pearlson, Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach, 2nd ed., John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004.
♦ P. Strassman , The Politics of Information Management, Information Economics Press, 1995.

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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Architecture vs. Infrastructure: Understanding the “The Second-System Effect,” Ch 5, The


Differences Mythical Man Month.
♦ key concepts
♦ topologies “Architecture and Infrastructure,” Ch 6,
♦ security Managing and Using Information Systems.
♦ redundancy
T. Spil et al., “Business Intelligence in
Information Integration Healthcare Organizations,” Proceedings of the
♦ models of information integration 35th Hawaii International Conference on System
♦ linking disparate architectures Sciences, 2002.
♦ indexes and nomenclature
♦ interfaces/integration approaches J. Goldsmith, “How Will the Internet Change
♦ cost issues our Health System” Health Affairs, Jan./Feb.
♦ data integrity, mapping and business rules 2000.

The Information Technology Orgaization D. Brailer, “Interoperability: The Key to the


♦ evolution of the technology department Future Health Care System,” Health Affairs,
♦ sentinel events in the IT department January 2005.
♦ security and the IT orgnization
♦ provess reengineering and the IT organization Cases:
♦ what does your IT department do today? ♦ CareGroup *
♦ what will your IT department do tomorrow? ♦ Alliant Health System

CME Learning Objective: I am better able to


define the information requirements for effective
decision support.

Faculty

Ron Peshock, MD
Kirk Kirksey, MA
John McCracken

* Included in pre-course readings.

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Buying and Implementing an IT System “Application Development and Project


♦ total cost of ownership: “how much is this Management,” Ch 12, Information Systems for
really gonna cost?” Healthcare Management
♦ cost/benefit analysis
♦ methods of system selection Y.Y. Han, “Unexpected Increase in Mortality
♦ vendor management After Implementation of CPOE,” Pediatrics,
♦ outsourcing December, 2005.
♦ how software dies
“The Chaos Report,” The Standish Group, 1994.
Obstacles to IT Implementation in Healthcare
♦ reconciling conflicting interests J.D. Kleinke, “Dot-Gov: Market Failure and the
♦ process redesign Creation of a National Health Information
♦ failure to meet expectations Technology System,” Health Affairs, Sept./Oct.
♦ failure to recognize real costs 2005 *
♦ organization of information technology
M. Bender, “What’s Holding Back Online
How to Deal with IT Consultants Medical Data,” Mckinsey Quarterly, Feb. 2006.

CME Learning Objective: I am better able to J. Lee, “The Adoption Gap: Health Information
manage the specification and selection process of Technology in Small Physician Practices,”
a healthcare IT project. Health Affairs, Sept./Oct. 2005.

Faculty Cases:
♦ Life After a Disastrous EMR Implementation
Ron Peshock, MD ♦ Alliant Health System
Kirk Kirksey, MA
Ivo Nelson
John McCracken

* Included in pre-course readings.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Process Re-engineering “Reengineering,” Ch. 19, The Politics of


Information Management.
Summary and Review
Case: Alliant Health System
Final Project Preparation and Report Out

CME: Learning Objective: I’m better able to


identify and evaluate the reasons for the success
or failure of a healthcare IT project.

Faculty

DuWayne Willett, MD
Ron Peshock, MD
Kirk Kirksey, MA
John McCracken,

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