Discussion: Healthcare Initiatives.

Discussion: Healthcare Initiatives.

Discussion: Healthcare Initiatives.

Week 1 discussion Discussion Prompt 1 Review the seven critical success factors for healthcare initiatives. Choose four of the seven and discuss their effects on the success of implementing or upgrading an EHR. What might be potential areas of concern for an EHR that heavily uses third-party services to supply critical clinical functionality, such as decision support or medical reference links? In what circumstances might a clinical infrastructure based on either third-party service providers or mobile applications be desirable? What cautions should we place on these technologies in the same circumstances? Discussion Prompt 2 Describe a workflow issue you have encountered in practice and explain how you could use a gap analysis to plan for change.

Health encompasses many facets of life including water access, disease prevention and treatment, literacy, nutrition, and a sense of wellbeing. We work with Maasai communities and local health officials to develop community driven healthcare projects which have a lasting impact on those in need. To develop these projects, we make community visits, listening to the concerns of the Maasai and local healthcare professionals. As a team effort, action plans are developed and implementation of projects are coordinated. The dynamics of improving community health are complex. Thus, KHCI is involved in a range of healthcare projects tailored to each community.

KHCI is an all-volunteer nonprofit whose goal is to maximize the use of donor dollars for programs. All trips to Kenya and site visits to locations are paid for by the individual participants and no donor funds are used for this purpose.Kenyan Health Care Initiatives (KHCI; a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit) founded to address the needs identified by Dr. Stroup and local Maasai leaders of the Il Ngwesi Group Ranch to improve public health. Our projects are community driven. This means establishing detailed needs assessments based on a combination of local and governmental input to develop an action plan. KHCI has adopted a comprehensive strategy including infrastructure development and public outreach to improve Maasai pastoralists’ lives.