Electronic Health Records Case Study

The case study addresses the issue of the introduction of electronic health records by removing the paper based system in the Health Information Systems departments. I will analyze the case study by responding to five questions which affects this organization. How are the principles of goal setting applied in this case? The health information systems (HIS) department employs well thought plans in establishing their goals. Firstly, the organization endeavors to be up to date with the current trends in the sector. The organization has been following technological changes in the sector. Since 1979 they have implemented them in their system starting with international classification of diseases until the recent Clinical Modification and Procedural Classification Systems. Secondly the organization is watchful of organizational changes which affect their operations like the aging clients in their database so that they create products suitable for them; they also check the changes in

Although employees were promoted Job enrichment did not address the issue of motivation adequately as it was actually adding tasks to already boring tasks which employees were not happy with. The fact that an employee kept on doing with same things with increased load worsened the situation. This realization prompted a further analysis on which other methods could be implemented instead of job enrichment. The 29 new roles were supposed to be integrated with the existing roles and eliminating other roles which were made defunct by the electronic technology. Job rotation became the next possible game changer as it brought in a new set of responsibilities to the employees. HIS departments evaluated the “cognitive abilities” in employees targeted for new roles. The employees found the new roles challenging and affording them the ability to learn even more therefore increasing