Informatics Needs at Vila Health
Assume you are a midlevel administrator with Vila Health. Using the Vila Health: Health Information System Characteristics and Needs challenge linked in the Resources, examine the different health information needs of all the departments and divisions of Vila Health’s main hospital. Next, choose two departments or divisions outside of the general hospital setting (for example, the outpatient services, rehabilitation, or behavioral health services). Discuss the different systems and informatics characteristics and the functions needed for the two chosen departments. Cite course readings and other peer-reviewed sources to support your analysis, according to current-edition APA style. Remember that an APA citation includes both the in-text citation (the author’s last name and the year of publication) and the full reference for the source.
Response Guidelines
Review the posts of your fellow learners and respond according to the Faculty Expectations Response Guidelines, using one of the following approaches:
- Identify knowledge gaps or unknowns that were not considered in your peer’s post.
- Identify an assumption on which the post seems to be based, and pose a useful alternative or contrasting approach, based on a different assumption.
- Ask a probing question.
- Elaborate on a particular point.