1. INFS 3440 SU Healthcare Information Systems Paper
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HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY.HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY.Student NameInstitution
AffiliationDate.HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY.HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY.Question 1.Chief
Information OfficerThe chief information officer refers to an executive in a healthcare
institution who manages theprocesses of the information technology in a hospital. The CIO
is also tasked with consultationon matters technology in the hospital setting.Roles.every
employee in an organization has specific tasks that they are expected to undertake in
theorganization. The CIO in the healthcare organization has the roles too and they include
thefollowing (Qiang, C. Z., Yamamichi, M., Hausman, V., Altman, D., & Unit, I. S.
2011).Supervise software integration – the CIO is tasked with ensuring that the system that
isintroduced to the hospital works well and give the desired or expected resultsEvaluating
how the new technology works with the existing system – the CIO is also tasked
withassessing the system and know if the system will be able to work well with the new
technologythey are planning to introduce to the systemAssessing the vendors – the CIO is
also tasked with assessing the vendors and getting the bestthat could deliver the system
that they need.Handling negotiations with vendors – the CIO is also tasked with negotiating
with the vendorsand finding the best price for the productSystem optimization – the CIO
also ensures that the system works at the optimalInformation flow improvement – the CIO
is also tasked with ensuring that the workers get theinformation they need for the work
they are doing.HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY.Characteristics.Leadership skills – the CIO is
required to have leadership skills so that they could easily performtheir tasksBusiness-
driven – the CIO needs to be business-driven. This means that they need to h…