AHL 944 - Information Technology Vendor Management

1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of various Health IT systems and review system and database architectures used in Electronic Health Records (EHR). Topics to be covered include vendor strategies for terminology, knowledge management, methods to assess decision support capabilities in EHR systems as well as training and “go live strategies.”

Course Objectives:

1. compare/contrast common commercial EHR systems using KLAS ratings;

2. analyze the functionality of a vendor EHR system, given a set of user needs;

3. apply Certified Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) meaningful use criteria, joint commission and national patient safety goals to decisions about commercial EHR vendor selections;

4. evaluate key factors into workplace decisions for selecting vendor-specific systems;

5. identify various concepts and strategies for IT vendor management; and

6. demonstrate an understanding of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process by applying concepts to a scenario.