MHA-5006 v2

Glandon, G. L., Smaltz, D. H., & Slovensky, D. J. (2013). Information systems for healthcare management (8th ed.). Health Administration Press.
Read Chapter 5: HIT Governance and Decision Rights.
The chapter explains the importance of Health Information Technology (HIT) to an organization’s strategic planning and discusses five major components of HIT governance.

Mizrahi, J. (2015). Writing for the workplace: Business communication for professionals. Business Expert Press.
Refer to Appendix B to see examples of common business communications

Sebaa, A., Chikh, F., Nouicer, A., & Tari, A. (2018). Medical big data warehouse: Architecture and system design, a case study: Improving healthcare resources distribution. Journal of Medical Systems, 42(59), 1-16.
Data in the healthcare environment is accumulating at an ever-increasing rate. This article discusses data warehouses and a model for big data management.

Sinha, S., & Seys, M. (2018). HL7 Data acquisition & integration: Challenges and best practices. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 2453-2457.
A common problem when multiple EHR systems are present is their lack of interoperability. This article describes the challenges present in the context of Health Level Seven (HL7), the framework standard for exchange and coordination of electronic health information.

Visscher, S. L., Naessens, J. M., Yawn, B. P., Reinalda, M. S., Anderson, S. S., & Borah, B. J. (2017). Developing a standardized healthcare cost data warehouse. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1), 1-11.
The article presents a case study on the creation of a standardized patient cost data warehouse, providing an advantage of access to cost data for financial planning.