Metro Hospital Case Study
Due Date: 15th June 2013 (midnight)
Value: 45%
You have recently been employed as the Director of Informatics for the Metro Hospital in Brisbane. The Metro Hospital is a 363 bed facility on the Northside of Brisbane. The services include general surgical, general medical, oncology, vascular, ear, nose and throat, palliative care, ophthalmology and maternity and children’s services. It has good links with the General Practitioners who fall into the catchment area for the Metro North Medicare Local.
Your mandate is to lead the hospital to achieve level 7 of the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model by 2025. As a Health Informatics Professional, you took the job for this reason as you have always wanted to work in a fully electronic environment. You are …show more content…
HINT: standards, terminologies? * What systems would you use to support your strategy? * What types of resources would you employ? * How would you govern and manage the project? * What risks do you see? * How does your strategy align with that of Queensland Health and the Commonwealth of Australia? * References to international best practice or sites around the world can be used. However, please ensure they are applicable to the Australian healthcare system. For example, some of the drivers in the US healthcare system are very different to that of Australia. | Format 0 2500 - 3000 words in length in total. 1 Use a business report format with each topic presented as a section in your report. You need include only one reference list for the entire report. 2 Proper and consistent academic referencing convention both
Value: 45%
You have recently been employed as the Director of Informatics for the Metro Hospital in Brisbane. The Metro Hospital is a 363 bed facility on the Northside of Brisbane. The services include general surgical, general medical, oncology, vascular, ear, nose and throat, palliative care, ophthalmology and maternity and children’s services. It has good links with the General Practitioners who fall into the catchment area for the Metro North Medicare Local.
Your mandate is to lead the hospital to achieve level 7 of the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model by 2025. As a Health Informatics Professional, you took the job for this reason as you have always wanted to work in a fully electronic environment. You are …show more content…
HINT: standards, terminologies? * What systems would you use to support your strategy? * What types of resources would you employ? * How would you govern and manage the project? * What risks do you see? * How does your strategy align with that of Queensland Health and the Commonwealth of Australia? * References to international best practice or sites around the world can be used. However, please ensure they are applicable to the Australian healthcare system. For example, some of the drivers in the US healthcare system are very different to that of Australia. | Format 0 2500 - 3000 words in length in total. 1 Use a business report format with each topic presented as a section in your report. You need include only one reference list for the entire report. 2 Proper and consistent academic referencing convention both