Case study – Florida MIS Radiology
Florida MIS Radiology is a large imaging department located in Tampa, Florida
providing diagnostic imaging services in two main sites. The care team consists
of 3 Radiologists, 4 nurses, 4 technologists, and 4 administrative specialists.
Florida MIS Radiology has the following imaging capabilities:
Florida MIS Radiology’s its mission is “to advance the knowledge and practice of
diagnostic imaging by meeting the clinical needs of the patients we serve”, and
its vision is “to provide high quality, patient centric diagnostic imaging services to
patients in the region and expand our sites to better serve our community”. The
department has the following goals:
Florida MIS Radiology’s leadership is considering investing on information
While Florida MIS Radiology’s leadership understands the benefits of information
systems, they are still hesitant to invest. Your thought is to demonstrate how a
trivial scheduling system would benefit the department. To that end, you decide
to create a proof-of-concept database to be operated by administrative staff,
nurses, and radiologists. Such database would significantly speed up several
business processes and solve issues related to paper based medical records systems and it needs your assistance.
Social Determinants of Health
Search the peer-reviewed literature and find one article describing any aspect of social determinants of health. Prepare a review of the article. Discuss: What is the topic of the article? Why is it important? What are the key points? What are the lessons learned? What is the implication of the article's findings on patient outcomes and healthcare costs? How can Florida MIS Radiology benefit from the findings of the article?
Cite your sources (use external resources. Search engines for peer-reviewed literature include: USF library, Google Scholar, PubMed.
Minimum 300 words