Essential Roles of the HITECH Systems Analysis and Design

In the United States, major emphasis has emerged in providing the most effective and efficient medicine available as mandated by the HITECH legislature enacted in 2009, especially in patient populations that suffer with chronic diseases; therefore, increasing the accountability and economic restraints for healthcare entities (Shah, Hux, Laupacis, Zinman, & Cauch-Dudek, 2007) (Safran, et al., 2007). The American healthcare system has become increasingly fragmented, prospectively from the overuse of high cost medical care, underuse of evidence-based care, and the misuse of care, which limit the effectiveness of healthcare (Brennan, et al., 2009). The HITECH act proposes a solution in healthcare by eliminating the use of disparate information systems, and utilizing health information technology in integrated approach to increase patient safety, provide quality based care, and contain the rising cost of healthcare. Therefore, it is has become imperative for developers to effectively use systems development life cycle (SDLC) to build technological infrastructures that will meet and exceeds the requirements of the HITECH legislature. The primary goal of this paper is to examine the essential roles of the systems analysis and design phases.
The Theory of Systems Analysis

In the late 1940’s, the systems theory was proposed by biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy and in1968, he published a book titled “General Systems Theory” it was his belief that systems are an open source and interact with their environments. The systems theory emphasizes on the organization of and the relations between the counterparts that unite them into a whole unit. Therefore, a “particular organization determines a system, which is independent of the concrete sub...

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