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Final Project Topic

Identification of Topic

The topic that was selected for this project is Strategic Planning, performance improvements, and information systems are interrelated and fundamental to the delivery of quality health care. The above topic was selected with the aim of showing why healthcare professional managers need to be strategic or know the concept of strategic planning in their day to day activities. They ought to know how these plans are formulated and the way of linking them to performance improvements. They are the aspect of an information system that inherently becomes inevitable within the present medical profession. All the fields are embracing technology in their operations, and the healthcare industry cannot be left behind. The above three concepts tend to form the core function of any manager within the medical industry. In other words, all managers have to be conversant with that for one to even ever imagine of calling himself/herself a manager in this field. Based on the above the paper provides tghe basic concept that are required for a manager running a healthcare facility for efficient delivery of the services.

Project Outline

a. Introduction: The section will indentify the topic in general and how it is related to the medical industry. The scope of strategic planning, performance management and information and technology will be discussed at this point.

b. Statement of the problem: The part will provide the statement of the problem by stating what that is and how it affects the medical industry and how it will be beneficial to tackle the same.

b. Definition of Terms: All terms used in the research that may have a different meaning from the common usage will be defined such as what are strategic planning, performance measurements and information and technology applicable in the medical field.

C. Theoretical Framework: On this part, the paper will focus on providing the research concepts that are contained in these areas. Issues of various models of strategic management will be discussed. Factors that affect the choice of strategic plan will include, and time, budget, and existence of alternatives among others will be analyzed. On the issue of performance measures, the paper will focus on both the nonfinancial performance actions that exist in the medical industry. There is also the issue of financial performance measures within the healthcare industry such as how profitable a medical facility in its quest to attain the desired goals. Healthcare institutions need to set Key Performance Indicators in their operations. The key performance indicators will be to individual employees and organization in general. On information and technology, it will be vital to look at vital role IT plays, methods used to protect data in the healthcare industry and technical competencies required for one to efficiently operate.

d. Methodology section: the research will be done through a qualitative analysis approach

e. Presentation and analysis: The article will provide all the relevant information that will be obtained from the qualitative analysis.

f. Conclusion and recommendation: it will offer a summary of the research in a whole and show which areas of information and technology, strategic planning and performance measurements that will be applicable in the Healthcare Industry.

Annotated Bibliography

Berg, M. (2011). Implementing information systems in health care organizations: myths and challenges. International journal of medical informatics, 64(2), 143-156.

In this journal (Berg, 2011) highlights the challenges that medical institutions face in implementing patient care information systems (PCIS). After identifying the risk, the problems are noted, and a right model of achieving the same is provided with the benefits that are associated with same. The journal provides a framework on how the implementation of PCIS provides a mutual transformation where the organization should not just phase out the old technology rather allow for a situation where the team and the technology have to transform each other.

Yusof, M. M., Kuljis, J., Papazafeiropoulou, A., & Stergioulas, L. K. (2008). An evaluation framework for Health Information Systems: human, organization and technology-fit factors (HOT-fit). International journal of medical informatics, 77(6), 386-398.

The journal will provide the research with an in-depth evaluation of how the realization of Health Information System calls for the institution to carry out rigorous assessments that will be able to address technological matters and how they have to integrate with human as well as organization issues.

Swayne, L. E., Duncan, W. J., & Ginter, P. M. (2012). Strategic management of health care organizations. John Wiley & Sons.

Is one of the premier books when it comes to strategic management within the healthcare industry. It offers a historical perspective on the changes that have happened in the healthcare industry about strategic planning, and how currently all the healthcare institutions have embraced the concept in their day to day management activates. The book offers alternatives on how players in the industry have realized that strategic thinking; planning, as well managing strategic momentum in the healthcare industry can lead to the delivery of better services.

Zelman, W. N., Pink, G. H., & Matthias, C. B. (2013). Use of the balanced scorecard in health care. Journal of health care finance, 29(4), 1-16.

The journal offer options how the healthcare industry can adapt to strategic planning through the use of a balanced scorecard it provides an evaluation on how the concept has been adopted across different industries and within the healthcare profession. It portrays a situation where medical personnel relations inequality of care that is provided in the facilities is vital when it comes to the institution performance which is difficult to measure and interpret when compared to other organization.

Ferlie, E. B., & Shortell, S. M. (2001). Improving the quality of health care in the United Kingdom and the United States: a framework for change. The Milbank Quarterly, 79(2), 281-315.

It is a government publication that analyzes how the quality of has either improved or decreased with the increasing incentives that are being offered in the industry. It compares the initiatives that have been put in place in the United States and those in the UK and compares the performance of the industry in general.