Assignment: KP Health Connect
Assignment: KP Health Connect
KP HealthConnect began in 2003, but by 2008, all members had online access to their health records; by 2010, all system services were available at all medical offi ces and hospitals in the system; and by 2012, all members had access to their health records on mobile devices. Kaiser Permanente has been a regular innovator in the use of technologies, being one of the fi rst health care organiza- tions to experiment with chat rooms, secure messaging, and private e‐mail correspondence between patients, physicians, and care providers. The new system connects each member to all caregivers and services available at Kaiser Permanente. Further, it enabled patients to participate in the health care they received at a new level and access information directly from the system.
The organizational design supported the business strategy of better health care at lower costs. 2
At the core of this strategy was a shift from a “fi x‐me system” with which patients seek health care when something is broken and needs repair to a system that was truly proactive and focused on pro- moting health. Under the “fi x‐me system,” health care was expensive and often sought too late to
Frameworks and Foundations
• How should information strategy be aligned with business and organizational strategies? (Chapter 1)
• How can a business achieve competitive advantages using its IS? (Chapter 2)
• How do organizational decisions impact IS decisions? (Chapter 3)
• How is the work of the individual in an organization affected by decisions concerning IS? (Chapter 4)
• How are information systems integrated with business processes? (Chapter 5)
IS Management Issues
• What are the components of an IS architecture? (Chapter 6)
• How are IS kept secure? (Chapter 7)
• How is the IT organization managed and funded? (Chapter 8)
• How are IS decisions made? (Chapter 9)
• What source should provide IS services and how and where should they be provided? (Chapter 10)
15 Jared Newman, “Right Now, the Internet of Things Is Like the Internet of the 1990s,” Fast Company (March 27, 2015I, http://www.fastcompany. com/3044375/sector‐forecasting/the‐future‐of‐the‐internet‐of‐things‐is‐like‐the‐internet‐of‐the‐1990s (last accessed May 26, 2015).
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16 Introduction
• How are IS projects managed and risks from change management mitigated? (Chapter 11)
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