Strategic information planning
Question 4
Strategic information planning is a vital process that leads to successful health information technology’s successful alignment with its strategy. It is carried out in five phases; planning the health information technology planning process, situational analysis, conceiving strategic alternatives, and planning strategy implementation (Ginter, 2018). The phases are then examined in four dimensions; alignment, analysis, cooperation, and capabilities.
Tan (2019) points out that the first phase of strategic information system planning is strategic awareness; it has four components: the planning team, top management commitment, key planning issues, and planning objectives. Delineation from the top management enables the planners to be reasonable with the available materials based on their understanding of strategies and increasing departmental budgets. Experts in the organization’s strategy are also made available to the senior management’s planners to align with its strategy. Employees with knowledge of external policy, internal workflow pattern processes, clinical and medical information, and information technology digitalization are included in the planning team to align (Feliciano, 2008). The planners outline key planning issues and objectives by stressing the high-level organization strategy objective to express major issues addressed by the strategic information system planning. Senior management support; the planning team must make the top management understand the need to cooperate digitalization to achieve strategic IT-corporate alignment. Additionally, the team must be informed of the senior management’s outlook of the evolving organization’s strategic priorities.
Situational analysis; enables planners to understand the current state. The planners investigate the current state by shaping the healthcare organization’s data, information, and processes to know the requirements that result in success. Metrics that estimate and monitor care and patient outcomes processes allow clinicians to evaluate the most appropriate and effective solutions for their organization’s environment. Tracking of metrics inside the corporate shows planners the effectiveness of health-IT toward the alignment with national strategy. An example is when the health-IT user says that the computer’s writings are too small or that he did not complete the work because the computer is too slow (the computer’s use is disruptive to my practice). The planning team aligns developing strategic plans with corporate procedures to enhance health information technology use.
References
Feliciano, B. Y. (2008). “Health information technology (IT) is rapidly transforming healthcare. Through decision support mechanisms, many believe health IT can help improve the effectiveness, safety, and quality of healthcare (1, 2). Tremendous amounts of data are amassed with. Electronic Health Records: A Guide for Clinicians and Administrators, 215.
Ginter, P. M. (2018). The strategic management of health care organizations. John Wiley & Sons.
Tan, J. (2019). Adaptive Health Management Information Systems. Jones & Bartlett Learning.