Improving Public Health Informatics

The primary objective of the paper is to focus on the creation of a new communication plan for County Health Department. The paper will analyze the identified issues with the current communication plan and propose a new plan. The recommendations and justification for the new plan will also be presented.

Running head: IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS
Improving Public Health Informatics
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Executive Summary
The primary objective of the paper is to focus in the creation of a new communication plan for County
Health Department. There are lots of database issues which are having a negative effect on the growth
and productivity of this organization. The identified issues with will analyzed with the help of sound
project management practices as well. The paper will be identifying the issues of the current
communication plan and will be proposing a new communication plan which will be very much
beneficial for CHD. Justification of the new communication plan will be also presented in the paper in an
organized manner.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Background of the case...........................................................................................................................3
Assessment of Current Communication Plan..............................................................................................3
Comparison with sound project management practices.............................................................................4
Recommendation........................................................................................................................................5
Justification.................................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6
Reference....................................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The notable determination of the paper is to focus on the improvement of Public Health
Informatics. The paper will be presented from the perspective of a project manager who is seeking for
help regarding the changes required in their existing communication plan [6]. The current project
communication plan will be evaluated and it will be compared with sound project management
practices. A communication plan will be also presented in the paper considering the future implications.
The recommendations which will be presented in the paper will be also justified in the paper as well.
Background of the case
County Health Department have an Information System which was designed in an effective
manner. Future expansions were not considered while developing the Information System, updated
health plan was not considered in the Information System. The database of the Information Systems
were also not very much suitable for the future expansions [4]. The environmental database were not
linked with the communicable disease database. CHD wants to have a new integrated public health
informatics system in order to manage the business functions of the health department. The
incorporation of the new system can be very much beneficial for CHD
Assessment of Current Communication Plan
Based on the current communication plan of CHD it can be said that the few of the
communication methods are needed to be revised in the first place considering the future implications
of each of the stakeholders [5]. The availability of the senior management in an adverse scenario can be
very much beneficial regarding the decision making of the organization. Security issue of tele-
conferencing must be understood by both external as well as the internal stakeholders of the
organization. Live chat options between the managers and the clients of the organization can be very
much important to compete each phase of a project which was not considered in the current
communication plan. The integral role of each of the stakeholders of the business was also not specified
in the current communication plan [7]. The organizational goals of CHD are not aligned with the
communication plan in an organized manner. The use of the tele-conferencing with the government
agencies is a very time consuming process which can be responsible for delay. Thus, the QoS can be
improved if the current communication plan is revised.

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Comparison with sound project management practices
Project management practices such as defining the scope and objectives of new system, defining
the deliverables of the new system, effective planning sessions, professional communication among the
stakeholders, monitoring of the installation of the new systems, change management and the risk
associated with incorporation of the new system are the prime aspect regarding the installation of the
Integrated Public Health Informatics in CHD.
Practice Explanation
Security of the stakeholder
of CHD
The needs and requirements of each of the external as well as
the internal stakeholders of CHD must be aligning with the
Public Health Informatics System [2]. Both the personal as well as
the professional goals of the managers, subcontractors, suppliers,
unions and the community.
Risk Response team The business risk associated with CHD considering the role of the
sponsors, legal risks coming from the government agencies, risk
from the CHD community, sales risk from the subcontractors and the
suppliers, risk coming from the employees of the organization must
be mitigated with the help of the risk response team [3].
Detailed Work plan The success of the new system will depend upon the detailed work
plan which is needed to be created and implemented by the project
managers of CHD [8]. The work plan must be presenting the job
responsibilities and budget required in each phase of the project,
project scheduling procedures.
Communication Communication between each of the stakeholders are very much
needed for success of this project [1]. Both the internal stakeholders
of CHD such as the employees as well as the external stakeholders
such as the clients must be communicating well in order to avoid any
sort of misunderstandings.
Technical competencies and
leadership qualities
The role of the organizational leaders are very much important
regarding the decision making of the new system. Technical
competencies of senior management are also very much desirable in
this particular scenario.

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Table 1: Project management practices
(Source: Created by the author)
Recommendation
This unit of the paper is very much important to understand a new communication plan for the
future project involving both the external as well as the internal stakeholders.
Category Explanation
Purpose of the plan To revise the existing communication plan
Scope of the plan To make the system compatible with future
strategies and linking of the environmental
databases with communicable disease database
[9]. Linking the static database with the database
of CHD, tracking of infectious diseases and
resource management.
Assumptions and constraints Data redundancy, data alteration and the cyber
security risks are needed to be considered while
developing the new system. The duration of the
project must not be changed.
Branding Private network of CHD has to be secured from
digital threats. All the stakeholders must be
aware of the concept and functionality of the
new system.
Table 2: Purpose of the new plan
(Source: Created by the author)
Stakeholder Roles of the stakeholders
Clients (External stakeholder) All the business information accessed by the
clients should be secured from threats.
Sponsor (External stakeholder) Status of the project should be monitored by the
sponsor of the project.

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Project team members (Internal Stakeholders) Uncertainties of the project such as the
availability of the resources should be managed
by the project managers
Employees (Internal Stakeholders) All the employees of CHD must be following
professional code of conduct regarding the use of
the new system.
Suppliers (External stakeholder) The current market trans are needed to be
followed while presenting their bargain powers.
Government agencies (External stakeholder) Public safety and cost savings must be the prime
priority.
Table 3: Role of different stakeholders in the new plan
(Source: Created by the author)
Justification
The new communication plan will be very much beneficial for CHD in order to address the issues
faced by this organization such the inability to deal with the future expansions and public health data
plan. The role of each of the stakeholders as stated in the above table as well as the considering all the
constraints are very much important regarding the successful completion of the project. The role of the
government agencies can be very much important regarding the linking of the environmental database
with the communicable disease database.
Conclusion
The paper helps in concluding the background of the case as well as the assessment of the
current communication plan which are practiced in CHD. The paper also helps in identifying the
comparison of the assessment with the sound project management practices. The paper also identifies a
communication plan involving different types of stakeholders of CHD. Justification of the proposed
communication plan was also presented in the paper in a professional manner.

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