Due Diligence Review of Hospital Information System

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Due Diligence Review of Hospital Information System
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DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW OF HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM1
Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Vulnerability assessment for HIS...........................................................................................2
2.1 Critical Success Factors...................................................................................................3
2.2 Threats identified in the hospital information systems....................................................5
2.3 Critical vulnerabilities......................................................................................................6
3. Precautionary Analysis for HIS.............................................................................................8
4. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................9
5. References............................................................................................................................10

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1. Introduction
This report assesses the due diligence review regarding the information systems
associated with the hospitals (Donahue and Rahman, 2015). The aim of this report is to
investigate as well as research, the various types of threats and vulnerabilities incorporated
with the information systems present within the hospitals in a healthcare industry. The
information systems incorporated in the environment of hospitals stores the information
regarding the health, safety as well as privacy of the patients associated with the hospitals.
The intense and extensive study of the hospital information system (HIS) are mainly affected
by emergency events as well as by deliberate potential threats. These threats may put a severe
damage regarding the data present within the environment of the HIS.
2. Vulnerability assessment for HIS
The vulnerability assessment is said to be the process that defines, classifies, identifies
as well as identifies the issue with respect to the computer systems, network infrastructures
and applications in a proper organized manner (Lohrke, Frownfelter-Lohrke and Ketchen,
2016). This assessment provides the necessary knowledge, risk; awareness capabilities for
understanding the threats related to the overall HIS. This assessment technique also quantifies
the potential threats as well as vulnerabilities present within the overall system
In this case, the vulnerability assessment is done in regards to the environment of the
hospital information systems (Howson, 2017). The various aspects in regards to the hospital
information system are critically assessed and the potential threats are identified that are
related along with this system.

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2.1 Critical Success Factors
The critical success factors that are used for the continuous improvement of quality
are stated as the adjustment of information systems, adjustment for organizational flow,
resistance of organization, support of the top management and capability of the prime
members.
The adjustment regarding the information systems often struggle regarding the
decisions with the extent in the field of customization. As the hospitals do not have same
practices regarding the adaptability of the infrastructure, an integrated system of architecture
for the hospital information system is not applicable (Lambkin and Muzellec, 2017). There is
a necessity for the reconfiguration as well as customization of the enterprise systems if the fir
of the organizational strategies are observed to be weak and much more vulnerabilities occurs
within the hospital information systems.
The next critical success factor is viewed as the adjustment in the business process.
Many organizations that are implying the hospital information system cannot assimilate the
web technologies effectively in the e business initiatives. This is because the changes in the
technological sectors cannot simultaneously cope with the corresponding changes within the
existing processes of business (Nilashi et al., 2016). The business process changes
incorporates the structure of the organization, the system of reward within the provided
system, the corporate culture that is to be followed within the environment of the information
systems, the preferences of the customer as well as the implementation of the disruptive
technologies. As the implementation of the hospital information system comprises of a long
life cycle the requirements are constantly changing, thus to provide the correct responses to
the implementation of the hospital information systems the adjustments must be critically
analysed as well as effectively imposed within the organization.