The Assignment: Write a 3- to 4-page (excluding title and reference pages) APA style paper, addressing the following elements for the scenario that you choose. For this Assignment, address the elements of a project Charter used to plan the acquisition of a HIT solution for the setting of choice. The Charter should include Problem statement. A specific statement of the problems that you intend to address in this scenario using technology solutions. Scope of the HIT solution to be acquired. This includes both the technical elements of the scope and the business and clinical functional elements of the scope. Stakeholders analysis including the needs of both internal and external stakeholders. This analysis includes a summary of the business and clinical system functions that the technology should address for each of the executive stakeholders. Risk Analysis. A specific statement of the financial, technical, legal, ethical, and operational risks involved in introducing HIT into this setting and the feasible mitigation strategies to address these risks.

Final Project Scenarios

Long-Term CareBethanyPlaceis a 40-bed independent long-term care facility in the Pacific Northwest.They have existed for over 50 years having come from a faith-based background.With good investments and sound financial management, Bethany's place has grown and is executing a capital strategic plan.They are expanding their 40-bed facility to purchase a nearby residential facility and expand into rehabilitative care, adding another 30 beds.They are approximately six months away from receiving the appropriate certificates and regulatory approvals as a rehabilitative care facility for both chronic care patients and recovery of acute head injury.The rehabilitation facility and renovations to the independent long-term care facility are scheduled to begin in the next six months and be executed over an18-month period.Currently, Bethany place has no electronic medical record.There is a third-party service that is used to scan and send automated claims to Medicare and private insurers.A local desktop IT services company was recently contracted to provide managed services to Bethany's place and provides the website email and local desktop applications for staff. As part of this initiative, a robust new network design was implemented for both Bethany's place and the anticipated rehabilitation facility. The lack of an electronic health record at Bethany place has created quality issues and risk management issues particularly related to medication reconciliation with patient transfers.The board and senior leadership have asked Bethany place management to evaluate information technology options in the form of an electronic medical record, and patient management application(s) for both Bethany place and the rehabilitation extension facility as part of executing the strategic plan.