A key role for modern healthcare KM committee is protecting against loss or destruction of data. As a member of the KM committee, what provisions would you recommend for protecting the hospital’s data?

As hospital CIO, how would you go about tracking and reporting the variability and reliability of estimates made through your systems? How does this relate to Dr. Deming’s work on common causes and special causes?

You have just finished your Bachelor of Health Administration (BHA) degree (or Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with emphasis in healthcare). Computers have always been a special interest of yours, and as you review hospital and clinic job ads, you are seeing more and more positions posted for CIO and director of healthcare information systems. What will you do to make yourself highly marketable for these positions?