Healthcare informatics

Instructions
Part 1
• Identify two companies that serve the health care IT market. Write a summary that list each company’s

products, services, market focus, and size. Compare the two companies and describe which you prefer and

why.
• one of the health care IT associations Health information and management systems society (HIMSS).

Write a summary that includes their activities, products, services, market focus, and size. Explain why

you chose this particular association. Was there anything specific about it that made it appealing to

you?
Part 2
• After reading attached, address the following:
• Compare the different regions of the world and their adoption and use of health IT. Use the Reading

to guide you in terms of different areas of the world. Look at lessons from Global leaders and indicate

details about each of the different factors mentioned in the Reading (I.E. Organizational, Political,

Institutional, and Technological factors). Please expound on each of these factors. Use outside sources

as well to help broaden your scope of information regarding these aspects.