PUN210-Contemporary Health Management

Case Study - Scenario

You are a senior manager in a private hospital setting, with specialist rooms attached. Your CEO has asked you to review available software for a Patient Management System (PMS) – specific to your organisation for the specialist rooms. Your hospital is a small regional one, with involvement from local stakeholders including the Visiting Medical Officers (VMO’s), some of whom are on your Board. Some of your VMO’s have preferences and may have financial interests in PMS packages

With costs for both the technology and support for any PMS package and annual licensing costs post that time, cost is an issue, but getting the right version for your facility is also of prime importance.

You have been asked to present a business case reviewing the key factors in acquiring any software to your board

Task

Your assignment is to: Based on your studies in this semester, develop a business case to use as a decision guide.

1. Your business case should include (but note: this is not an exclusive list):

a.Evidence that you have reviewed the contemporary issues particular to digital health whilst considering several versions of PMS technology (tutorial will clarify this expectation).

b.The identification and rating of the risks and benefits in introducing any new software of this type.

c.Clinical factors to review in the software: Safety, Efficacy and suitability of software in your environment

d.Financial impacts: costs, value for money, and funding.

e.Identify governance mechanisms to assist in any future implementation within the business case.

2. Within the business case and supported by your investigations above, make a recommendation to your manager, based on the business case and risk assessment, on the software itself. 

3. Include a brief change management process that you would use to introduce the new software including identification and communication to the stakeholders. (10 marks)

a.Organisation Structure and Written Presentation 

b.Use of literature