Technology Assessment Discussion

Write a four to five (4) page paper in which you:

1. Identify and analyze what you believe to be the most significant new technology

requirements for the health care industry. Indicate how providers should approach the

implementation of this new technology requirement that you have identified. Provide support

for the response.

2. Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems. Argue that the

need for technological innovation and/or modification is most pressing. Support the argument

with examples.

3. Recommend an innovation/modification, and explain how the recommendation could

improve the overall level of health care in your own community. Include specific example(s)

using local hospitals or other health care providers to support the response.

4. Suggest a key action that senior health care leadership could take in the community in

which you live to push the boundaries of information technology management. Next,

speculate on the effect to the community as a result of the improvement to the health care

technology.

5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment, APA format. Note: Wikipedia

and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument. Technology Assessment Discussion