Question

Information Governance Concerns

You are the Director of Information and Data Security of a large health system [High Quality Health System (HQHS)], and in a public news conference, the system CEO announces that the health system will move forward with expanding population health programs in order to save costs for both the organization and its patients. The announcement was unexpected and came as a shock to everyone in the organization. Your boss, the CIO, is equally shocked by the announcement and is expecting to be called into a meeting with the CEO. She asks you your concerns about the move from an information governance perspective. What do you tell her?

Answer 1

Answer: The population health program is one of the good choice to improve the functioning of the healthcare organizations as well as enhance quality of treatment provided to the patients. The major aim of the population health program focused on the :

• It mainly emphasized on use of the careful data usage environment.
• It also emphasized on the primary care
• It encourages the physician leadership.
• Major emphasis on data analytics.

Hence this will enhance the proficiency and working skills of the physicians, improve quality of care and increase the positive outcome.