Case Analysis: Systems Acquisition

Review each of the following video cases:

• Health IT success story: Portal enhances patient-centered preventative care
• Health IT success story: Using IT to fight care fragmentation
• Health IT success: Quality measures for interoperable electronic health records

Select one of these cases and address the following questions in your paper:

• Analyze the part the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plays in health care information systems acquisition.
• Address the major concerns, and provide alternatives to alleviate these concerns.
• Analyze whether or not value was added to health care information systems through acquisition.
• Analyze how the system might advance or devalue patient care delivery.
• Explain whether or not the current system can or should be maintained.
• Explain what the literature states about this type of implementation/acquisition.
• Explain who the gatekeeper(s) are in this type of acquisition.
• Describe how cost is impacted with this system.
• Describe the initial reaction to the system implementation/acquisition.
• Describe whether or not the quality implementation/acquisition impacts your chosen topic for your Final Proposal and Final Presentation. This response needs to be one paragraph in length.