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Technology and Healthcare
Please see the attached case and answer 1a with it. also answer questions 2 and 3
Implementing a syndromic surveillance system & Case Study 3: Selection of a patient safety strategy
How the projects address current problems in health informatics
One of the most common problems with implementing a new informatics system is creating a cohesive network. In "Case Study 13: Implementing a syndromic surveillance system," all of the hospitals involved in the IT overhaul had different systems, with different vendors and data sets. There were also radically different levels of knowledge and willingness amongst staff members to devote time, money, and manpower to support the new interface. Federal grants would support the initial implementation, but it still needed to be financially sustainable and the staff needed to know how to analyze the data correctly at all of the member hospitals. Each hospital had widely different patient needs, which affected the way the system would be implanted,...
To ensure complete information was recorded, all hospitals had to report data in a consistent and uniform fashion. Privacy controls that could be implemented system-wise were also required.
However, "Case Study 3: Selection of a patient safety strategy" shows how even within a single institution, conflicts regarding hospital informatics can arise. In this case, the conflict revolved around allocation of resources to technological improvements. One faction desired a long-term, complete overhaul of the entire system to improve patient safety. The other faction believed that implementing 'smart' pumps alone soon as possible should be the focus of the reforms, and a full-scale overhaul would take too long. This shows a typical conflict between 'short-term' and 'long-term' thinking regarding scarce hospital resources.
Despite the problems and conflicts generated within an organization when a new technology is implemented, the…
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