Health Info Technology and strategic planning

W2 Assignment 1: Health Information Technology & Preparing for Strategic Planning

Instructions: Imagine you are the CIO of a new healthcare system. You have been asked to create a strategic plan for HIT needs within the organization.  In order to create the plan, you have decided to do some pre-work to help you prepare and think about the planning process. Your pre-work involves reflecting on how you will align the HIT strategic plan with the organization’s own plan and what types of information you would like to include. 

Prepare a “pre-work” document by answering the following questions. Each answer should consist of at least 2-3 paragraphs. 

What factors should be considered when developing a consistent HIT strategy?

Should the HIT strategy be developed with the HIT department in mind and then aligned with the organizational strategy, or should the HIT strategy be developed with the organizational strategy in mind? Why?

What will be your approach to the strategic planning process? For example, will you assign committees? Should you bring in consultants?

What will be some of the key categories/sections in your strategic plan?