Swot Analysis For Healthcare

Healthcare industry is in a lot of pressure to improve patient safety, increase efficiency, reduce medical errors, and provide access to patients to information while keeping costs low and adhering to policies. Information Technology (IT) can be seen as the only way to promote all of this. In healthcare, IT has improved operational efficiency and increased productivity by reducing paperwork, automating routine processes, and eliminating waste through duplication of tests.

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems contribute towards improvement in patient safety through better quality in care and reduction in medical errors. They not only eliminate the problems of lost and comprised hard copies of patient records, but also enable more secure electronic transfer of patient information to other healthcare providers and insurers. In pharmaceuticals, the electronic transmission of prescription information from the prescribing physician to a pharmacist can reduce medical errors.
SWOT analysis will be central to create a strategic plan in order to integrate IT in my organization. I will present my SWOT analysis result, my strategic IT plan to the board of directors and my employees. Internal resistance is expected and I will try to be prepared for all the questions that come my way. Change is something that never goes down well in an