Business System Planning

Journal 1

Your journal task is to choose any two Health Information Systems (HIS) and assess them, and write a report. The assessment should focus on the various components of business systems

Wikipedia states that

Business System Planning is a method for analyzing, defining and designing an information architecture of organizations. It was first issued by IBM in 1981, though the initial work on BSP began in the early 1970s. At first, it was for IBM internal use only. Later it was made available to customers and this method became an important tool for many organizations. It is a very complex method dealing with data, processes, strategies, aims and organizational departments which are interconnected. BSP brings new approach to design an information architecture and its goals are to:

● understand the issues and opportunities with the current applications and technical architecture

● develop a future state and migration path for the technology that supports the enterprise

● provide business executives with a direction and decision-making framework for IT capital expenditures

● provide information system (IS) with a blueprint for development.

Journal 2

Your journal task is to identify various considerations involved in planning for a secure Health Information System. For this purpose, assume that you are an IS Manager of a hospital of your choice. The hospital consists of 10 beds and specializes in cancer-related issues. The CEO is keen to develop a HIS for the customers so that billing and scheduling can be managed. You are required to use your prior knowledge to arrive at a planning document. You can define the hospital, the type of services to be offered as an initial scope and then plan for the HIS.