Module $2$ Assignment

You$$ve been selected by the practice manager of Saved From the Grave Medical Group $($SFG$),$ to explore

the possibility of implementing a new electronic medical records system $($EMR$).$ SFG is an independent

primary care physician group serving your local community, in conjunction with three local hospitals.

The practice receives an electronic file from the hospitals each week, which list patients who have

received services from the hospital $($ER visits, hospital admissions, lab or X$-$ray services, etc$)$ so the

practice may be aware of the activity, and may make notations in the patient$$s chart. Some anticipated

benefits of the EMR include:

$$ A more complete and efficient exchange of information between the practice and hospitals,

which should reduce costs and result in healthier patients

$$ Prescriptions can be sent to local pharmacies electronically

$$ Patients could access their medical records using a web browser or mobile device, via a $$patient

portal$,$ allowing more convenient scheduling, services, etc. for busy families

The practice is owned by $5$ physicians who range in age from $35$ through $70.$ The rough cost estimate to

implement the EMR is approximately $$350,000($about $$70,000$ per physician$),$ which includes

anticipated software and hardware updates, as well as user training. A business case has not yet been

developed $$ potential benefits and costs have not yet been documented. However, recent changes in

the law are forcing medical practices to implement electronic medical record systems $$ at some point in

time practices will be penalized by the government if they don$$t comply. The physicians are skeptical

because they believe that their current $$paper$$ system maximizes their ability to see a high number of

patients each day, not to mention the cost.

The mix of patients who visit SFG consists of:

$30\%$ retirees who generally have fixed incomes and have Medicare coverage

$50\%$ families with medium to high incomes and have private insurance, and

$20\%$ low$-$income families who have Medicaid insurance.

$1.$ Identify the potential stakeholder groups who may be affected by this project. In what ways might

each be affected? What potential concerns might they have? Provide well$-$thought$-$out and

complete answers $$ give the reasons for your answers.

$2.$ What are some of the Business, Organizational, and Technology considerations for a project such as

this? What methods would you use to go about understanding the concerns related to these three

spheres?

Make sure that you construct enough arguments to support your positions, e$.$g$.$ more than a paragraph

but less than a book. If you don$$t put enough detail, thought and defense into what you say, you will

not receive full credit for the assignment.

My basic assumption is that you don$$t know this material $$ convince me otherwise.