Mini-Case: Predicting Future HMIS Trends by Chief Information Officers
Quammen Group, an Orlando, Florida–based consulting firm, co-sponsored the Health DataManagement2008 CIO Survey and found CIO and HMIS executives to be optimistic on manyaspects of future HMIS growth, including real-time claims adjudication and clinical decisionsupport.When asked, “How do you expect your organization’s total IT budget to change in yournext fiscal year?”, 37 percent rated it to grow between 5 and 10 percent, 23 percent felt it wouldgrow less than 5 percent, 20 percent expected it to exceed 11 percent or more, 13 percent didnot expect a change, and only 4 percent claimed there would be a decline—leaving 2 percentfor all other rating categories. More generally, the survey found that most healthcare services or-ganizations expect this growth to be fueled by greater information access needs for clinicians,especially in the form of electronic and personal health records (EHR).In short, most chief executive officers and other IT executives indicated that the top priorityfor the coming year for healthcare services organizations is implementing EHR. The full surveyresults are given at http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/CIO_Survey/.
Compose a 1,000-1,250 word paper that integrates and answers the following components:
Why do you think a CIO survey is important for the HMIS industry?
Compose a prediction of what type of hardware investments would be considered key to HMIS future. When your prediction is completed, review the full survey results regarding hardware investments and compare your prediction to the actual results. Where did you find similarities? Where did you find variances?
Why do you think the results showed investment in an electronic health record (EHR) program to be a top priority for CIOs in the coming year?
Why do you think those who work in a clinic or in a group practice may be less concerned about backup/disaster recovery than those who work in a hospital or other large integrated health care delivery system? Do you think this is prudent,? Why or why not?
