“Information Systems in a Long-Term Care Facility”  Please respond to the following:

• Imagine that you are the administrator of a midsize long-term care facility with an outdated information system. You are tasked with planning and managing the integration of a new database into the existing system.
• Suggest two (2) potential problems that could occur with the integration. Recommend one (1) measure that you as the administrator could take in order to make sure that the integration does not compromise your facility’s current information system.
• Assess the main possible Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations that your facility risks by having a third party monitor the integrated database, and recommend at least one (1) method of preventing or addressing each identified violation. Provide a rationale for your response.

 You are the senior technician in an expanding laboratory. You have been using a manual system for managing information and storing data. Your organization is transitioning from the manual process and will be implementing a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). As leader of the transition team, your manager has asked you to recommend a LIMS that would enable the organization to improve efficiency and better serve its customers.

• Research two (2) Laboratory Information Management Systems of your choosing. Next, compare and contrast the two (2) LIMS and determine which is most conducive to meeting the needs of your organization. Hypothesize two (2) reasons why the nature of your business would require the specific functions of your chosen LIMS.