project involves developing a Strategic Plan for a Health Information Service at Curtin Hospital (hypothetical) from
project involves developing a Strategic Plan for a Health Information Service at Curtin Hospital (hypothetical) from 2017-2022.
Information to support your research is provided below. This assessment is broken into two parts.
Curtin Hospital University Information
Curtin Hospital is a 330 bed public metropolitan hospital that is looking to expand to 550 beds by 2018. There is currently two years’ worth of health records stored
in the primary storage area and the remainder of medical records are stored at an offsite storage facility. The total number of patient admissions for the financial
year 2014/2015 was 50,000. This is expected to increase by an additional 20,000 new patients in the next financial year and a further 10% per annum growth in new
patients in subsequent years. A wide range of specialities are offered at Curtin Hospital including: Maternity, Paediatric Surgery, Orthopaedics, Oncology, General
Surgery, Plastic Surgery and a range of Outpatient services including Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. Curtin Hospital also has an Emergency Department and is
looking to develop a Mental Health Unit that includes both inpatient and community outreach services.
The Health Information Service at Curtin University Hospital currently employs the following staff:
Health Information Manager - 1 FTE
Deputy Health Information Manager - 1 FTE
Release of Information Officer - 1 FTE
Patient Information Clerks - 7 FTE
Coding Manager - 1 FTE
Coding Educator - 1 FTE
Clinical Coders - 9 FTE
1. Literature Review (Part 1)
The literature review is to be 1500 words and needs to address strategic issues affecting Health Information Management Service/Departments. The literature review is
intended to provide information for the second part of this assessment in terms of future issues impacting on the strategic direction of the Health Information
Management Service/Department.
Topics to be addressed in the literature review are:
• Discuss what a strategic plan is
• The importance of strategic planning
• How you can identify issues for inclusion in a strategic plan
• Stakeholder importance and involvement in strategic planning
• The value of a strategic plan for the Health Information Management Service/Department
• Identification of issues impacting the Health Information Management Service/Department that can be addressed in the strategic plan.
2. Strategic Plan (Part 2)
Using information gathered from the literature review in terms of strategic issues identified that impact on the Health Information Service/Department for the future
time period of 2017-2022, develop a strategic plan for your service/department. The written section of this report is to be a maximum of 1500 words.
The strategic plan should address the following as a minimum:
• Executive Summary
• SWOT Analysis
• Identification of strategies and how specific goals will be developed to achieve these strategies
• Development of a Vision and Mission statement for the Health Information Service
• Risk Management and Identification
• Strategic Plan map/overview (on one page)