Chapter 11, Problem 11.2UYK

Explanation of Solution

List of potential problems and risks about information system (IS):

The five potential problems and risks regarding the information system is listed below:

• The foremost concern is difference in IS. That is, it is tough to integrate them into one system if they were very different from one another.
• Second one is system versions. If some hospitals don’t have updated versions of their IS, they might find it difficult to incorporate into a new system.
• Third one is risk of viewing the patient’s information in public. With all possible risks of different systems and its versions, IS would have to be very cautious at time of systems integration. Then only unknown person could not hack into new system and views at confidential patient information.
• Fourth one is information saving format on each different system...