Organization and Management of a
Healthcare Facility DQ 6
Organization and Management of a Healthcare Facility DQ 6
Your duties at We Care Hospital require you to interface with
many different professionals, including physicians, nurses, and
allied professionals in various areas of health care. The facility
also has a new information technology management center,
which handles all patient medical records. The Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was
enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009. The Act called for an unprecedented federal investment
in Health Information Technology (IT). Doctors and hospitals
would receive incentive payments through the Medicare
programs and Medicaid to advance the delivery of high-quality
healthcare. It was predicted that a decade later the Act would
reduce federal spending on health services by tens of billions of
dollars by increasing efficiency. Review the American Journal of
Managed Care article, Congressional Intent for the HITECH Act.
It has been a decade since the HITECH Act was enacted and you
are researching the impact of the Act. You must ensure that the
HITECH Act of 2009 and the HIPAA Act guidelines are being met.
You must track legal issues within the hospital and provide
detailed monthly reports on the general functionality of the health
administration department as it relates to breaches in patient
record security and the impact of the Electronic Health Record

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