Assignment $4$: Standards Implementation Proposal

Type: Group $|$ Weight: $25\%|$ Delivery: BrightSpace

Due Date: Check Course Schedule $-$ Late submissions will be docked at $10\%$ per day of being late up to a total of $4$ days, after $4$ days, a mark of $0$ will be given.

This is a group assignment. Teams will continue with the same teams as assignment $3.$ Groups will consist of $5-6$ individuals. It is your responsibility to get in touch with your fellow teammates and communicate as necessary to complete the assignment.

In today's healthcare system, more and more healthcare organizations are advancing their technologies and moving away from best of breed legacy applications. As healthcare organizations implement electronic health records $($EHRs$),$ it is important to consider when purchasing or creating specialized functional applications, as well as which standards to incorporate to ensure the exchange and utilization of the information captured.

In this unique case$-$study, assume your group is the IT$/$IS department within a cancer hospital and you have currently implemented the EPIC EHR within your outpatient departments. However, over the course of $2$ years, it has been brought to the attention of your IT$/$IS department that a specialized cancer management application is required.

At this time, the application is in the midst of request for proposal planning $($RFP$)$ and your team has been asked to provide the rational and reasoning for asking vendors to adhere to particular standard$($s$).$

Your task is to create a business plan $($as outlined below$)$ in the justification of selecting the particular standards that would be included as part of the RFP in order to allow data to be shared within the hospital and other Cancer Hospitals within Ontario.

Some assumptions:

EPIC utilizes SNOMED$-$CT and a mix of other common terminology and HL$7$ as its core standards

Other Cancer Hospitals are currently utilizing some version of HL$7$v$2$ as its core messaging standard

Instructions to write the standards implementation proposal

Working within your assigned teams, create a business plan in the justification of the proposed standard to be included in the request for proposal in an application specialized in cancer management

In the business plan, you should include at least the following sections outlined in additional deal in the Structure Section:

Structure

Background$/$ Business Need: State the background of this assignment $($i$.$e$.$ the context above$)$ and the business requirements. Note: assume your audience for this document is Senior Leadership within the hospital

Approach$/$ Methodology: What approach $($frameworks$)$ was used in coming up with the proposed standards and how did you come to this conclusion.

Recommendations: What are the recommended standards $$ how did you come to this? Were any frameworks or guides used?

Rational for Recommendation: What are the rationales for the agreed upon recommended standards

Benefits$/$ Risks: Identify the benefits and risks associated to your choice of standards. Identify any implications this may also have.

Conclusion: Summary of business plan proposal

Format

Length: $15$ pages max $$ including appendices, if any

Space: Double space

Citation Guide: APA Style

File type: Word document

Font size: $12$

Marking Scheme

Criteria

Mark Breakdown

Summary and presentation of Information to the class $($in$-$class presentation$)$

$5\%$

Written submission of final paper $$ i$.$e$.$ Approach$/$ methodology used in identifying how recommendations were identified, Frameworks used to select proposed standards, identification of benefits$/$ risks.

$20\%$

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