HSA 520 Week 7 DQ 1,

Data Stewardship Please respond to the following: Determine a significant force that would have the most impact on the decision to implement HMIS. Justify your response.

The rising abuse of computers and increasing threat to personal privacy through data banks has stimulated much interest in the technical safeguards for data. Therefore in my opinion, a significant force that would have the most impact on the decision to implement HMIS is Data Security. Data security is probably the most important aspect of HMIS design, implementation, and evaluation (Tan & Payton, pp. 223). With the meaningful use provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), the U.S. government is actively encouraging healthcare...