Reference no: EM133506406
Compare and contrast how a small community hospital might use information technology to improve its competitive position versus how a large academic medical center might use IT to pursue a stronger competitive position.
Vaughn Medical Health is one of the leading healthcare organizations in the Southeast and one of the most comprehensive, not-for-profit systems in the country. Their more than 900 care locations include:
? Academic medical centers
? Hospitals
? Freestanding emergency departments
? Healthcare pavilions
? Physician practices
? Outpatient surgical centers
? Laboratories
? Rehabilitation centers
? Home health agencies
? Nursing homes
? Hospice and palliative care
? Pharmacies
? Imaging centers
Wellbrook Medical Center is a smaller healthcare organization in the Southeast. They have approximately 200 locations, including physician practices, an outpatient surgery center, and hospitals.
Vaughn Medical Center is utilizing Epic as its EMR, and Wellbrook Medical Center is utilizing Cerner as its EMR. The medical systems want to be able to share information because their population could cross each other.