Question

Pls provide answers to these questions and must be related to the healthcare services. thanks

1. Identify key knowledge, skills, and abilities of the CIO position
2. Describe the alternate paths to the leadership of HIT.
3. What is meant by outsourcing the HIT functions and what are its advantages and disadvantages?

Answer 1

The chief information officer (CIO) builds a strategic career plan and leadership management in health care organizations. CIO has the responsibility for IT strategy within a business and accountable for the governance and management of IT resources. They have special knowledge in IT to provide vision and leadership in all aspects. CIO works with senior management to manage organization strategic and operational plans, identify the business growth, IT strategy, support and improve the growth. providing counsel to making ideas to general management. CIO leadership skills in health care organizations to manage the health care team and make strong communication skills. CIO provides patient engagement and feedback through technology. they run the health care system success, they assess organization needs, culture, benefits, and IT infrastructure.
HIT leadership improve efficiency and productivity, reduce cost and improve health outcome. HIT reduce disparities in access to care and improve patient-centered care. HIT leaders have high technical knowledge skills that help in future customer problems by providing quality service and making changes in the organization in information technology with patient focus care.
HIT outsourcing in the organization handles information technology functions. It maintains its own data storage devices and facilities.
Outsourcing the HIT functions lower the cost, increase efficiency, capacity and access skills, it increases the flexibility to meet changes in the organization.
Outsourcing the HIT have disadvantages like it slower the turn around time, cultural barrier, time difference, lack of control and poor knowledge.