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Designing A New Trustee Or A Medical Staff Member

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1. Explain succinctly in terms appropriate for a new trustee or a medical staff member how the organization uses the IS planning process, as indicated in Exhibit 10.6, p. 335, to make sure it has adequate information support for all its activities.
Knowledge Management (KM) uses various ways to identify opportunities for improvement (OFI). What needs to be remembered is that KM improvements are not simple, they are in fact complex. “They must be integrated with changes in work processes in other units to yield benefits” (White & Griffith 2010, p. 334). Because important projects can take several years to complete it is important for KM to have a sophisticated planning process for continuous improvement. In order to have a successful …show more content…

Once the implementation is done then the KM planning team will report to the governing board I order to get approval for funding or to identify a need to obtain additional funding. The additional funds are then reviewed and included in any long range financial plans for the HCO.

2. Many organizations dedicate a portion of their available capital to IS improvements. Why might this be a good idea? Why might it not be a good idea? How do you ensure that a dedicated budget is well spent?
It is a good idea for HCOs to allocate a portion of their available capital to IS improvements because as we all know technology is constantly changing and evolving and it just makes sense to stay on top of these changes to have a more efficient running HCO. Knowledge Management is an important key component for both internal and external customers, managing performance, supporting the process improvement teams and even in managing patient care. The only time I can think of that it would not be a good idea, and even then I am not sure that it isn’t, would be if it is a pretty small HCO in a rural community and there is just not the funds available to spend a huge portion on IS improvements. But, it would still be important to allocate a portion to IS improvements because even in small rural hospitals this is important even if on a smaller scale. I think the benefit of IS improvements will, in the end,

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