Consider that you are a Healthcare Informaticist. You have been asked to evaluate the current internal workflow and make a recommendation regarding the workflow, communications, protocol and architecture required in order to select a new healthcare information system for a hospital, clinical department or other provider entity. The project will be a paper 5 pages MAX. APA FORMAT.

ASSIGNMENT 1 “The Report”:
Consider that you are a Healthcare Informaticist. You have been asked to evaluate the current internal workflow and make a recommendation regarding the workflow, communications, protocol and architecture required in order to select a new healthcare information system for a hospital, clinical department or other provider entity. The project will be a paper 5 pages MAX. APA FORMAT. MUST BE REVIEWED BY THE FIU WRITING CENTER! Proof of writing center must be submitted with report.
1. Describe the “real” or hypothetical work environment, provider objectives and current information systems configuration, as well as any unmet needs or issues.
2. Workflow Requirements. List or otherwise characterize the key workflows, protocols, communications, etc., requirements to be met by the new or upgraded health information system.
3. Architecture Alternatives. Describe and evaluate at least 3 workflow alternatives. Indicate pros, cons and unresolved issues for each alternative. Give special attention to the effects of each alternative on “human factor”, care pathways and protocols.
4. Provisional Recommendation based on analysis in #3. Given the admittedly incomplete information available to you, what would you recommend as next steps? Options include doing nothing, upgrading the current system, performing more analysis and modeling etc. Be specific and indicate your rationales for each recommendation.
Much of the information required for this assignment is available from the Web and industry journals (e.g., Modern Healthcare, Healthcare Informatics, Hospitals & Health Networks, etc) and your course text.
You may also wish to request product literature from vendors or obtain it through your own or another organization. Although not required, you may also wish to interview one or more individuals with relevant experience and expertise. Be sure to provide appropriate APA interview citations.

ASSIGNMENT 2 “The Presentation”:
PowerPoint “presentation” that will be suitable for presenting to senior management.
Based on your research, you will prepare a 15 Slide max presentation that presents your findings from assignment one.
You must provide, when relevant, in-text citations (APA style) on your slides
You must include a reference slide (APA style) at the end of the presentation. This slide will not be counted as part of your 15.
Note: You won’t actually be presenting; however, you will be submitting the PowerPoint that would be presented to a senior level management team. It will be graded according to the following:

PowerPoint Design. The following resource will be the basis for design evaluation: http://www.proglobalbusinesssolutions.com/powerpoint-designs-tips/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
PowerPoint Content. Slide content should follow the order of your paper. Provide all key sections and key points as outlined in the assignment.