Running head: ANALYSIS PAPER 1 ANALYSIS PAPER 2 Analysis Paper Krista Kim Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on January 21st, 2018, for Kim Sanders’s H490/HSA4922 Section 01 Healthcare Management Capstone - Online Plus - 2018 Winter Quarter Analysis Paper Based on the results of the SWOT analysis, what should Barbara recommend as an overall strategy? From the SWOT analysis, the overall strategy that Barbara should recommend is a system that is capable of meeting the needs of the healthcare facility effectively and efficiently. The strategy focuses on having systems that are fast to allow for easy processing of information and offer quality support to the patients. It should also have a high level of functionality to allow for the normalizing, analyzing, access and the storage of the entire patient's data and saving it for easy retrieving in the future. The system should also be user-friendly so that the professionals and the staff using it can be in a position to easily maneuver in the process of care delivery. The other component of the system that the company should consider is that it should have a wide range of features to enhance maximum utilization and the ease of data access by the patients and physicians. Finally, the medical professionals should also be trained on how to use the system upon implementation. How will the selection of the chosen EHR system contribute to the strategy? Further explain why it was the best choice. One of the ways in which the selection of eClinical works EHR will contribute to strategy is that it is the ability to maintain highly organized data; it’s fast and also has amazing features. The EHR system adapted for use in the organization should be in a position to increase effectiveness, efficiency, achieve quality in the delivery of care and also enhance the patient’s outcomes (Sinha et al., 2013). Due to its organization, the system will make it easy for the health care professionals to retrieve the patients’ information while at the same time ensuring security to prevent access of the patient information by unauthorized persons. The e-Clinical works will also contribute to the strategy because it offers low and affordable prices and has low maintenance costs and this aids in the reduction of the costs that the healthcare facilities incur in the maintenance. The other way in which the system will contribute to the strategy is that it has a wide scope of features which make it easy for the patients and the physicians to login into their portals and interact with each other. On what basis should she develop actions items? What should the action items be, as they directly relate to the strategy? The action items should be developed based on their importance in m ...

1. Running head: ANALYSIS PAPER
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ANALYSIS PAPER
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Analysis Paper
Krista Kim
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on January 21st, 2018, for Kim
Sanders’s H490/HSA4922 Section 01 Healthcare Management
Capstone - Online Plus - 2018 Winter Quarter
Analysis Paper
Based on the results of the SWOT analysis, what should Barbara
recommend as an overall strategy?
From the SWOT analysis, the overall strategy that Barbara
should recommend is a system that is capable of meeting the
needs of the healthcare facility effectively and efficiently. The
strategy focuses on having systems that are fast to allow for
easy processing of information and offer quality support to the
patients. It should also have a high level of functionality to
allow for the normalizing, analyzing, access and the storage of
the entire patient's data and saving it for easy retrieving in the
future. The system should also be user-friendly so that the
professionals and the staff using it can be in a position to easily
maneuver in the process of care delivery. The other component
of the system that the company should consider is that it should

2. have a wide range of features to enhance maximum utilization
and the ease of data access by the patients and physicians.
Finally, the medical professionals should also be trained on how
to use the system upon implementation.
How will the selection of the chosen EHR system contribute to
the strategy? Further explain why it was the best choice.
One of the ways in which the selection of eClinical works EHR
will contribute to strategy is that it is the ability to maintain
highly organized data; it’s fast and also has amazing features.
The EHR system adapted for use in the organization should be
in a position to increase effectiveness, efficiency, achieve
quality in the delivery of care and also enhance the patient’s
outcomes (Sinha et al., 2013). Due to its organization, the
system will make it easy for the health care professionals to
retrieve the patients’ information while at the same time
ensuring security to prevent access of the patient information by
unauthorized persons. The e-Clinical works will also contribute
to the strategy because it offers low and affordable prices and
has low maintenance costs and this aids in the reduction of the
costs that the healthcare facilities incur in the maintenance. The
other way in which the system will contribute to the strategy is
that it has a wide scope of features which make it easy for the
patients and the physicians to login into their portals and
interact with each other.
On what basis should she develop actions items? What should
the action items be, as they directly relate to the strategy?
The action items should be developed based on their importance
in meeting the organizational goals and objectives. The
organization aims at implementing an Electronic Health System
that will assist in the improvement of the level of effectiveness,
efficiency in the delivery of care and also quality. The actions
items that should be taken and directly relating to the strategy

3. are; creation of an implementation team, configuration of the
software, identification of the hardware needs, transfer of the
data, optimization of the workflows in the pre-launch,
consideration of the layout of the rooms, deciding of the
approach that will be used in the launching of the system,
development of the procedures to be followed when the EHR
system is down and lastly initiating the training plan (Hodgkins,
2017).
What should the recommended outcomes and/ or long-term
goals be, based on the action items?
One of the recommended outcomes based on the action items is
that all the medical professionals and the patients should be
trained on how to use the system effectively. The patient should
be shown how they are supposed to login in the system so that
they can post their wellness information and get a chance to
interact with the medical providers online. The other
recommendation is that the hospital should be adequately
prepared to ways in which they will carry out normal activities
in case the system goes down to avoid halting of services.
Lastly, training should be a long-term activity to ensure that all
people are acquitted with the skills needed for online interaction
with the medical providers. All this will aid in the increasing of
the efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of care.
References
Hodgkins, M. (2017). Electronic Health Record
(EHR) Implementation. Step Forward. From:
https://www.stepsforward.org/modules/ehr-implementation
Sinha, P., Sunder, G., Bendale, P., Mantri, M. & Dande, A.
(2013). Electronic health record : standards, coding systems,
frameworks, and infrastructures. Piscataway, NJ Hoboken, New
Jersey: IEEE Press John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Glenn, B. (2013). Top 10 most popular EHR systems for small
practices. Medical Economics. From:

4. http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-
economics/EHR/HIT/10-most-popular-ehr-systems-small-
practices?page=full
Hodgkins, M. (2017). Electronic Health Record
(EHR) Implementation. Step Forward. From:
https://www.stepsforward.org/modules/ehr-implementation
Evaluate the Ineffective of Nonprofit Managerial Decisions
For this case study, you will research and evaluate National
Relief Charities in detail. One of the issues for National Relief
Charities is that they are ineffective in meeting their charitable
purposes. Conduct research on this nonprofit and visit their
website at www.nrcprograms.org. Based on your research,
examine and discuss three management activities that you find
as problematic. After identifying this issues provide solutions to
these problems based on your research.
Support your case study with a minimum of five (5) scholarly
resources. In addition to these specified resources, other
appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be
included.
Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
Your case study should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of
the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and
provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.
Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA
standards
Running Head: ANALYSIS PAPER
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ANALYSIS PAPER

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Analysis Paper
Krista Kim
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on January 14th, 2018, for Kim
Sanders’s H490/HSA4922 Section 01 Healthcare Management
Capstone - Online Plus - 2018 Winter Quarter
Analysis Paper
What is the current economic situation for UCCO? What
suggestions can Barbara make to help mitigate financial issues?
Use the financial review provided in the UCCO case.
While the move to implementation of more Electronic Health
System is necessary and also commendable since it would help
to increase the level of efficiency, effectiveness, quality of care
and also enhance the patient outcome, there are a lot of costs
that are associated with its implementation. For example from
the scenario, we are told that a situational analysis will be
needed and therefore the organization will be required to invest

6. a lot of resources in research to conduct a comprehensive
review and also the purchase and maintenance also EHR
systems also demand extra costs. The healthcare currently may
not be in the economic position to meet what the UCCO want.
This is because the whole process is expensive and the
organization may not that much money in store to see this
through from the beginning to the end.
To mitigate financial issues, there is a need for proper financial
planning. Business planning, in this case, involves the
identification and estimation of all costs that the healthcare is
bound to suffer, budgeting and also seeking alternative sources
of funding enable them to meet the various values. For example,
they can find government funding.
Situational/SWOT Analysis
Table 1: Allscripts EHR
Internal and External Influences
Strengths: Good electronic prescribing, one can run multiple
ERA, offers versatility in features and good security and data
protection.
Weaknesses: It is slow, not intuitive and poor patient support.
Opportunities: It can be made more automated.
Threats: Competition from other systems which have proven
more effective in some areas of disadvantage.
Trends that can impact clinic performance, market and financial
position
The software allows for data to be taken from multiple sources
and put together in one source and this ensures that patients are
able to access their medical data from different treatment
centres (Glenn, 2013).
It offers different forms of pricing and financial options that

7. allow healthcare centres to be able to choose according to their
financial position.
Currently this is the software that has grabbed the biggest
market share.
EHR System functions and capabilities
Despite having a lot of capabilities in terms of normalizing,
analysing, access and storage of data that system has poor
functionality since it crashes easily and needs high
maintenance.
EHR End-user requirements and ease of use
The software is not very user friends
Table 2: eClinicalWorks EHR
Internal and External Influences
Strengths: It does not mix data from different practices and
hence making it highly organized, it is fast and has standout
features.
Weaknesses: Poor usability and lacks features such as charting.
Opportunities: Increase ease to use
Threats: High competition
Trends that can impact clinic performance, market and financial
position
The service has made storage of the bulky medical records more
secure and more accessible and also transferable.
It also offers very low and affordable pricing with low set up
and maintenance cost thus lowering the cost for health
facilities.
EHR System functions and capabilities
This is a very effective system since it offers features that

8. enhance optimum use and access of data by physicians and
patients. For example Healow the patient portal patients can
input their wellness data and interact with physicians easily
(Glenn, 2013).
EHR End-user requirements and ease of use
There are too many clicks needed when using it and thus not
easy to use but easier compared to AllScripts.
What type of electronic record system should Barbara
recommend for the company?
The EHR that she should be one that meets the optimum goal
for EHR implementation that is making medical record keeping
more efficient and also optimizing the use and access of
data(Hodgkins, 2017).
What is her best option?
From the two choices analysed above, eClinicalWorks would be
the best fit in fulfilling the general EHR objective.
What are the financial implications?
The cost of implementing this system as discussed in the
analysis table is meagre starting from the start-up cost to the
maintenance cost.
Explain the choice based on what the system can provide in
comparison to the organizational challenges?
This system can be able to promote efficiency and patient
outcome optimally. Other than secure storage of data and easy
access of data, physicians can be able to track the medical
condition of patients without physical visits, and patients can be
able to arrange referrals and also request refills through the
system. This helps to lower the cost of healthcare while
improving quality. The organization is also able to save on

9. value due to the low costing of the system.
References
Glenn, B. (2013). Top 10 most popular EHR systems for small
practices. Medical Economics. From:
http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-
economics/EHR/HIT/10-most-popular-ehr-systems-small-
practices?page=fullHodgkins, M. (2017). Electronic Health
Record (EHR) Implementation. Step Forward. From:
https://www.stepsforward.org/modules/ehr-implementation
Hodgkins, M. (2017). Electronic Health Record
(EHR) Implementation. Step Forward. From:
https://www.stepsforward.org/modules/ehr-implementation
Sinha, P., Sunder, G., Bendale, P., Mantri, M. & Dande, A.
(2013). Electronic health record : standards, coding systems,
frameworks, and infrastructures. Piscataway, NJ Hoboken, New
Jersey: IEEE Press John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Running Head: THE PLANNING PROCESS
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THE PLANNING PROCESS
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The Planning Process
Krista Kim
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on January 3rd, 2018, for Kim
Sanders’s H490/HSA4922 Section 01 Healthcare Management
Capstone - Online Plus - 2018 Winter Quarter
The Planning Process

10. In the dynamic healthcare environment, medical organizations
are facing a wide range of problems because of two main
reasons,
1.) The ever-increasing difficulty in satisfying demanding users
who are also highly informed and the need to ensure that the
internal organization is streamlined to keep pace with the rapid
technological and methodological changes. The second reason is
the continuous increase of sophistication, and the ability of
practitioners may not meet the fundamental needs of consumers.
Therefore to meet the needs of customers, St Mary's healthcare
should come up with a revolutionary strategy that is focused on
1.) Shifting from a physician-centered institution to a care
process that is organization driven. 2.) Maximizing value for
care seekers through quality and low-cost strategy (Harrison,
2010).
However, sophisticated systems are conservative and are
resistant to change, and the healthcare industry is no exception
to this. The challenge is that practitioners have to be central in
the revolution of the healthcare system of the facility and
whatever strategy that they don't agree with will not be
successful. This means that a piecemeal approach may not work.
Engaging practitioners are creating change may need the use of
motivational tools and focus on shared goals. But the first point
of initiating change is the formulation of a strategic plan. In
order meet the set objectives, the mission, and the goals, the
organization, has to formulate a plan (Perera et al., 2012).
Through planning, the organization can achieve the following,
1.) Set strategic targets
2.) Analyze the internal context: the expertise, structure of the
organization, quality and quantity of services to be provided to

11. reach set goals.
3.) Formulate primary targets to enable change to occur.
REFERENCES
Harrison, J. P. (2010). Essentials of strategic planning in
healthcare. Health Administration Press.
Perera, F. D. P. R., & Peiró, M. (2012). Strategic planning in
healthcare organizations. Revista Española de Cardiología
(English Edition), 65(8), 749-754.