Case Study 1 - CareGroup CareGroup IT department became the sole IT organization for a decentralized or standardized IT system across a three way merger of the Beth Israel Hospital, the Deaconess Hospital, and the Mount Auburn Hospital. CareGroup believed they had the most advanced IT system with the best mailing system and the most efficient backing up program. An expert researcher was experimenting with an application designed to locate and copy information across the network automatically. Right after he set up the application he received a call from his wife saying she was in labor and he went on a paternity leave for three weeks. In his absence the application continued to collect information from across the network till November 3rd when the rogue software program progressively began to collect terabytes of data. The huge …show more content…
“Institute rigorous network change control.” This will create a safety net was anyone new in the system to learn the procedure for creating a change in the network in order to stay consistent with how the rest of the company is operating. 6. “Adapt to externalities.” Since the integral system of CareGroup had become so “out of spec” due to external factors like the mergers and reorganizations, Halamka found that the IT staff needs to examine the external environment that could possibly impact IT’s functionalities. 7. “There are limits to customer-centric responsiveness.” This lesson taught Halamka that IT had to consider customer demands side by side to the risks in IT networks. 8. “Have backup procedures in which you can have confidence.” In order to maintain operations despite technical issues, CareGroup employees must be trained in using an alternative method of operating. After this incident, many employees were able to adapt to a paper system because of their preparedness from Y2K. Incase their employees didn’t have a reliable backup system, CareGroup’s network shutdown would have had a negative impact on their health
What ethical principles were impacted? What was the ethical duty of care to Lewis? How was it breached?
This essay will critically analyse Care Programme Approach (CPA) assessment and care plan in an OSCE I undertook. By utilising the CPA and sources of current literature, I hope to demonstrate my knowledge and understanding in relation to this skill as well as identifying areas with scope for learning.
Linda is a 14 year old girl, who is in respite care. In my role as a carer I have observed that she was previously an outgoing and bubbly girl who mixed well but now appears quiet and withdrawn. I have been told by another resident who Linda confided in, that she was being bullied at school and not eating because of being called fat. This concerns me, as I have noticed Linda seems to have lost a considerable amount of weight. For this assignment I will need to identify who I need to communicate with regarding my concerns, recognise Linda’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs and then explain how I would use my interpersonal skills in doing this. I will obtain my information from books and the internet.
Being in a financial state of duress, it is undoubtedly crucial for a new CIO to have the technical skills and knowledge needed to manage a health care facility. In reference to this point, Halamka had stated, “.I know all the technologies, I program in 12 languages, and I’ve written books on Unix system administration. I’m a doctor, so I understand the clinical domain and the technical requirements” (McFarlan, F. Warren, and Robert D. Austin, pg. 3). Clearly, this exemplifies his qualifications as the newly instated CIO. The technology being used by CareGroup at the time was described as being “antiquated” (McFarlan, F. Warren, and Robert D. Austin, pg.3), and soon, all of the hospitals were running on the Meditech system (McFarlan, F. Warren, and Robert D. Austin, pg.4)....
- Jeffrey does a good job of giving a gump explanation of the what "Disbursement Team" does as he foreshadows the hold.
The purpose of this paper is to distinguish, outline, and evaluate the affects that workarounds have on patient safety and quality. According to Alexander, Frith, and Hoy (2015), a workaround is defined as when a problems arise within the workflow and a worker uses an unauthorized way around the health information technology system. This being said, workarounds are present in the hustle and bustle of the stressful hospital workflow, and in return can potentially lead to negative consequences. Therefore, it is essential for health care professionals to recognize the workaround, analyze their workflow, and then develop possible solutions.
The employees would be damaged because they this would make their compensatory time of no value. Sickness is no fault of the employee as these things happen. If the only time the employee has is compensatory time and it is used when the employee doesn’t benefit. This is like punishing the employee for being sick.
Within the U.S. Healthcare system there are different levels of healthcare; Long-Term Care also known as (LTC), Integrative Care, and Mental Health. While these services are contained within in the U.S. Healthcare system, they function on dissimilar levels.
In this essay I will explore the areas of care practice and provision- Demographic factors have a direct impact on the planning and delivery of all types of services, non-statutory and statutory. Analysis of these characteristics will enable planners to plan the delivery of health, social, educational and early-years services to meet the needs of service users at a local level. Effective planning of care practice and provision of services aims to respond to the changing needs and priorities at a local level, but also takes into consideration national priorities. Demographic influences include the following: health needs of the population; disability; age distribution of the population; unemployment; number of single parent families; the number of older people
 Move to a industry standard infrastructure that would be managed centrally – a client server environment.
Because data can be so important and often inestimable, it is vital that businesses take steps to assess options and evaluate planning in order to ensure the continuity of the business in the event of disruptions such as server or network failure, a loss of power, or a range of natural disasters – and so on. Each business must determine what is in its best interests for addressing continuity, but a good framework usually consists of a Risk Assessment, a Business Impact Analysis, a Disaster Recovery Plan, server and network redundancy, one or more forms of data backup media, as well as a Universal Power Supply (U...
The business contingency plan is a process put in place that prepares an organization to respond coherently to unexpected events (Small business Chron, 2014). These plans help businesses to continue or restore business operations in a timely fashion after a major business interruption such as hurricane, storms, tornadoes, fire, power failure, an IT system crash or toxic waste. The process involves developing, communicating, practicing, and evaluation of emergency plans specific to the organization. Now that the Enovacare medical equipment corporations have identified eight risks associated with the construction of the new distribution center, the focus will now shift to development of a business contingency plan the ensure a quick restoration of business operation in case of natural or man-made disaster such as hurricane, flooding, fire, power failure or technology failure. A pre-incident plan to ensure the well-being of the new center after unexpected event, the protection of company’s sensitive data, customer data, communication plans and restoration of business operations will be discussed.
Most health care providers currently utilize electronic health records (EHRs), or will in the coming future. Network collapses, glitches, power outages and flaws within the system all have the possibility of occurring. Due to the plethora of sensitive information contained within the health care field, health care providers need to form backup plans. These backup plans will serve as preventative measures in order to keep the integrity of the health care data intact. Therefore, contingency plans are a clear necessity within the field.
While each company or organization has a policies and procedures and to design to prevent the problem that will occur or effect of failure, the computer system may be vulnerable to disruptions or breaches as the result of natural disaster, manmade disaster, criminal activity, pandemics or other event beyond our control. The computer system failure that fails for any reason could disrupt the operation of the organization, result in loss of customer and will also impact the profitability of the organization.