Explain how an organization can insure its information systems are designed to enable their strategic outcomes.

Respond to the following questions with
sufficient detail to demonstrate that you understand the material presented in
this course. Together, your responses should total about 2 pages,
single-spaced. Do NOT include any direct quotations, but write everything
in your own words. Remember that your arguments are best supported by
credible resources. The most thorough and
complete responses will include supporting data, dates and ideas from sources
beyond the course material. If you include
any dates or any concepts from another source you must include an APA in-text
citation and a reference page, in APA format, added to your paper. This
exam has a total of 100 points, distributed among the questions as shown
below. The exam counts for 10% of your final grade. It is to be
submitted via your Assignment folder as a Word document (or a document that can
be read using Microsoft Word) before the due date/time shown in the class
schedule.
1. Explain how an organization can insure its
information systems are designed to enable their strategic outcomes. (20
points)

2. Select a standard used to share data among
different health information systems and explain how it works, tell when it
became a standard, and identify the standard’s authorizing body. Use of
at least one resource other than the course materials is required. (20
points)

3. Explain how technology solutions in the health care
industry improve the quality of care, safety and financial management
decisions. (30 points)

4. List and define one legal, one ethical and one
regulatory policy issue associated with health care and explain how each would
be accommodated in a health care information system. If your answer
incudes a standard, regulation or law, you should provide any relevant dates as
to when they went into effect. (30 points)