WGU D516 Task 2 | Value-Based Care and HIT | 2025
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Task 2: Value-Based Care and HIT
A. Discuss how value-based care and information technology intersect by doing the
following:
1. Explain how moving to a value-based model could address the population health
management goals of the rural community in Paducah, Kentucky, and of PHMS.
The goals of PMHS are to provide quality care to patients and to improve their reputation.
The transition to a value-based model will enable providers and patients to store, share, and
analyze health information to improve healthcare quality, patient safety, and health
outcomes. The HIT system will eliminate unnecessary healthcare services, such as duplicate
diagnostic tests and readmission to the emergency department. (Paducah Health Medical
System Profile, n.d.).
2. Describe the current state of information technology at PHMS.
The current HIT system is fractured, and providers must access patient charts through
multiple servers. The system has been the same since its inception, with minor upgrades.
Mobile technology currently needs to be available for patients to contact their primary care
physicians, view their records, and make appointments.
a. Identify 2–5 key IT-related challenges related to or specific to population
health goals.
1- Fractured server structure. Patients' information is spread across
multiple servers, and providers need to go through all of them to get
a comprehensive view of the patient's health. (Paducah Health
Medical System Profile, n.d.).
2- PHMS website. PHMS has a patient website that patients find
confusing and unhelpful. (Paducah Health Medical System Profile,
n.d.).
b. Identify 2–5 key IT-related opportunities that can be leveraged to address
population health goals.
1- Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). PHMS
implemented PACS in 1998 but has had issues integrating the PACS
with HealthData. (Paducah Health Medical System Profile, n.d.).
PACS is a computerized way to share, store, and retrieve images
such as X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs instead of conventional
radiological film. (Strickland, 2000). To get PACS's benefits, PHMS
must fully integrate it into their HIT program.
Update with complete solutions.
Task 2: Value-Based Care and HIT
A. Discuss how value-based care and information technology intersect by doing the
following:
1. Explain how moving to a value-based model could address the population health
management goals of the rural community in Paducah, Kentucky, and of PHMS.
The goals of PMHS are to provide quality care to patients and to improve their reputation.
The transition to a value-based model will enable providers and patients to store, share, and
analyze health information to improve healthcare quality, patient safety, and health
outcomes. The HIT system will eliminate unnecessary healthcare services, such as duplicate
diagnostic tests and readmission to the emergency department. (Paducah Health Medical
System Profile, n.d.).
2. Describe the current state of information technology at PHMS.
The current HIT system is fractured, and providers must access patient charts through
multiple servers. The system has been the same since its inception, with minor upgrades.
Mobile technology currently needs to be available for patients to contact their primary care
physicians, view their records, and make appointments.
a. Identify 2–5 key IT-related challenges related to or specific to population
health goals.
1- Fractured server structure. Patients' information is spread across
multiple servers, and providers need to go through all of them to get
a comprehensive view of the patient's health. (Paducah Health
Medical System Profile, n.d.).
2- PHMS website. PHMS has a patient website that patients find
confusing and unhelpful. (Paducah Health Medical System Profile,
n.d.).
b. Identify 2–5 key IT-related opportunities that can be leveraged to address
population health goals.
1- Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). PHMS
implemented PACS in 1998 but has had issues integrating the PACS
with HealthData. (Paducah Health Medical System Profile, n.d.).
PACS is a computerized way to share, store, and retrieve images
such as X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs instead of conventional
radiological film. (Strickland, 2000). To get PACS's benefits, PHMS
must fully integrate it into their HIT program.
