This paper focuses on the success factors for the system integration of the Metropolitan Medical Group and Oak Grove Medical Group. How to secure access to healthcare data, updated of proper records, integrity and security issues, as well as some implications. The critical success factors for the system integration of the two practices are: the practices grown from one office to five offices with new services such as laboratory services, gynecological practice, x-ray and mammography screening, as well as nutrition counseling.
Integration management is an element that coordinates every aspects of system integration. When properly performed, it will run all system smoothly. Integration management will also produce chains of deliverables that includes implementation and planning. The integration of the practices has some management implications such as the quality of the data is not consistent and accurate, repeating entry, verification of patient’s insurance, omission or incorrect update of patient records all this can put the organization at risk. For example, the desk clerk forgot to verify Mrs. Smith insurance provider’s information. They need to apply rules to standardize their data, as well as transforming it. These are complicated in their organization; it can permit errors or poor quality of data. More so, accurate and updating process is very essential in healthcare organization. To ensure proper updating of patient’s records, flow of data must be well organized, as well as proper tracking of patients records, updating the cycle of transactions in a timely manner, providers must have access to up to date patient’s records anytime when there is need to access and update it.
To secure access to data, we can design effective data stewardship that can implement and evaluate data. It we help to monitor and track patient records and information at