Question

In regards to choosing a HIT project, what barriers do you anticipate the project manager will face trying to meet the requirements for the meaningful use stage? Bullet your responses and prioritize them in order of importance, explaining your rationale.

Answer 1

Ans) Barriers which can be anticipated but the project manager in HIT project:

- Cost
- Unclear return on investment
- Lack of available staff and expertise
- Privacy and security concerns
- Lack of track record

• Overcoming these barrier requires aligning strategic plan.

• Successfully aligning your strategic plan should result in projects that are identified has important to the organization.

• Steps to evaluate HIT :

- Define goals
- Specify goal of evaluation
- Determine the audience for the evaluation

HIT project to be linked to:

Outcome measures
-clinical
-administrative