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a. personal notes (history, physical examination), to signals (electrocardiograms),
b. images (echocardiograms, angiograms, CT, MRI) and
c. reports from investigations and from procedures. - ANSWER-The information used by
cardiologists for diagnosis and treatment of their patients varies from:term-5
1. Ease of access while maintaining data security
2. Flexibility in the workflow
3. Enhanced Comparability - ANSWER-benefits and features of CIS
- Editing, Viewing and Storing Multi-Modal Cardiology Data
- Remote Access
- Visualization and Reporting Capabilities
- EHR Integration - ANSWER-functionalities of CIS
- better communication with referring doctors
- can integrate with referring doctor's EHR system
- faster payments
- verifies insurance before patient's visit
- improved efficiency
- It's much faster to find, input, and create reports from patient data when the records
are computerized - ANSWER-advantages of RIS
- patient management
- scheduling
- patient tracking
- result reporting
- image tracking
- billing - ANSWER-basic functions of RIS
- setting vision and strategy roadmap
- formation of governance board
- executive sponsor, departmental champions, and program manager
- define reporting requirements for status reporting
- manage user's expectations - ANSWER-key success factors at the leadership level in
healthcare organizations:
- clear and frequent dissemination of information
- strong project leadership team and other functional teams
- providing education and training
- forming integrated problem solving team
, - empowering staff and end users
- adoption
- frequently celebrate success
- monitor and measure key indicators
- involve those affected by the change in decision making
- other creative actions - ANSWER-key success factors at the program level:
- prepare employees to change
- make changes
- integrate and normalize change - ANSWER-Kurt Lewin's three-step "Unfreeze-
Change-Refreeze steps:
- operational changes
- strategic changes
- cultural changes
- political changes - ANSWER-four kinds of changes that all kinds of organizations
might encounter
- Kurt Lewin's three-step "Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze
- Proski's ADKAR® Model
- Kotter's 8-Step Model of Change - ANSWER-common change practices:
Awareness of the business reasons for change;
Desire to engage and participate in the change;
Knowledge about how to change,
Ability to implement change, and
Reinforcement to ensure change sticks - ANSWER-ADKAR meaning
building a strong, collaborative team and a solid strategy;
creating effective communication channels;
supporting staff empowerment;
using a phased and steady approach; and
securing the change within an organization's culture - ANSWER-Kotter's 8-Step Model
of Change
- questioning skills
- process mapping
- gap analysis
- business case development
- project management
- problem solving
- negotiation skills
- requirements elicitation techniques - ANSWER-Downey (2008) describes common
tools and techniques that a change management practitioner might use during a change
initiative, which include: