Improving County Public Health Information System

Running head: IMPROVING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
Improving county public health information system
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1IMPROVING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................................2
Discussion:...................................................................................................................................................2
Assessment of the current project communication plan:.......................................................................2
Comparison of assessment from the case study and project management practices:...........................3
Recommendation:...................................................................................................................................3
Justification:............................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion:..................................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4
Introduction:

2IMPROVING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
The information system of each of the County Health Department (CHD)’s community health
services program lacks features such as future expansions and inclusion of revised public health data
plan as all the databases of the system are standalone. As a result, the system cannot able to track
infectious diseases as well as well-timed report of all inquiries. This issue can be resolved by integrating
the databases [1.]. For ensuring the success of the above implementation, the project manager must
regularly provide relevant information to the stakeholders. This report assesses the viability of the
communication plan for the project in the above scenario of CHD along with proper recommendations
and justifications.
Discussion:
Assessment of the current project communication plan:
CHD has enunciated that the database integration of its health information system must be
incorporated in such a way so that in a timely manner it can provide report about the infectious diseases
and probable disruptions based on which the decision maker can take suitable decision. The project
team of CHD has initiated the following communication plan for implementation of the project. Through
collaborative process, the project team has involved both internal and external stakeholders to make
them understand about the support role of the information system and working of the system [2.]. The
following methods for the collaborative process make the communication plan reasonably effective.
1)Analysis of the business process, which is done by clarifying objectives and goals, modelling the work
context, identifying the rules of business, describing tasks and workflow along with identification of sets
of common tasks.
2) Redesign the business process, which involves inspection and restructuring of tasks and workflow,
identification of inefficiencies and efficiencies with quotable processes, clarification of the process and
rules of business, remodelling the work context.
3) Defining requirements, which include particular tasks description for enhancing business processes,
description of implementation of business rules, diagrammatic description about structure of
information system and identifying the extent of activities of the next phase [3.].
From the communication point of view of all stakeholders of project it can be said that the
adopted communication plan is completely feasible due to the following reasons.
 The project manager continuously updates about project status to the required stakeholders that
include client, senior management, sponsor, employees, government agencies, project team
member, news media and community [4.].