Interoperability

The "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act" was enacted by the federal government to modernize and improve the safety and the quality of the nation’s healthcare system, while reducing costs. The HITECH Act is part of the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act (ARRA), enacted on February 17, 2009, which includes many measures intended to modernize the nation’s infrastructure (cdc.gov.) Although an ever increasing number of health care providers and 44% of the…

Most clinicians handled a number of mental health appointment during their career and has seen a patient file filled with thousands of notes and pages, often time hand written and hard to read. In the past, patient 's folders would be made up with stacks of paper and weighing a few pounds. Patient records sometimes were so bulky that several folders were required to keep information organized. The traditional paper era is now basically done away with, leaving the general practice and purpose of…

contribute their distinct capabilities to the joint force “The capacity of the Armed Forces of the United States to work as a cohesive joint team is a key advantage in any operational environment” The effectiveness of the joint forces depends on the interoperability between forces, and this will be more effective with a common doctrine that connects the strategy with operational and tactical decisions. Furthermore, The DOD have developed the joint doctrine. And the “purpose of the joint…

Ability to Operate with Foreign Forces Prior to 1914 the relatively young RAN had yet to take part in any sort of joint coalition operation, however, officers of the British Royal Navy (RN) were integrated into the RAN. This meant that if the need for a joint exercise arose they would have knowledge of how to act through these British officers who had prior experience (for example the Australian fleet was commanded by the RN officer, Rear Admiral George Patey). 11. On the 29th August 1914 the…

valuable if it is shared compared to use it solely. Second characteristic is IT is highly replicable. The IT is highly replicable because of the economic efficiency and the generic business processes that are available, the costs savings and interoperability benefits that make the similarity cannot be controlled. Last characteristic is IT is subject to rapid price deflation. When the cost of processing power, data storage and data transmission has declined, it will make the commoditization cost…

Main benefits of this approach is reusability, abstraction, discoverability, interoperability and rationalization. However, the systems are normally complex to build and evolution of independent services cannot be controlled [2, 9, 14]. Figure 8: Model of a Service oriented architecture [9]. 2.3 Analysis of Service Architecture…

The rapid acquisition program established to procure the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle was a success story that significantly differed from normal procurement programs. For limited time-sensitive requirements, this acquisition method is effective but, should not be adopted for traditional Department of Defense (DOD) Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs). The amount of senior leader involvement and risk acceptance required for the MRAP program would not be suitable or…

IMPLICATIONS OF FUTURE BATTLEFIELD ON LEADERSHIP 1. Numerous trends will shape military leadership over the next thirty years. First, traditional hands-on leadership will remain essential. Second, the current trend toward joint operations will evolve into thoroughly integrated forces. Third, peace operations and other non combat roles will continue to grow becoming a major share of our overall military mission. Fourth, new technology will go on driving rapid change. And finally, fiscal…

In efforts to emphasize the importance of standardization and interoperability when exchanging healthcare information use case and value case are used. Use case is a type of business process that define the smaller steps in a process. Value case is a type of model which allows the stakeholders to identify the financial value of using a health information system. This evaluation process focuses on the lower level steps but that drive significant improvement within the healthcare organization…

ODNI Oversight and Unity of Effect In 2004, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) position was created as part of the sweeping reforms from the 9/11 commission report. The DNI gained authority to oversee and manage the entire intelligence community with both domestic and foreign intelligence. As stated above, this community includes 17 federal agencies, 6 cabinet level departments, and 7 personnel systems. Additional this amalgamated group cuts across multiple jurisdictions, includes…