Once a Request for Information is complete, a Request for Proposal (RFP) is created. The Request for Proposal formally asks vendors to submit proposals on how they would resolve the needs and wants of the health care setting.Prior to creating a RFP, one needs to be familiar with the various standards for the health care setting, as well as the field in general. In this assignment, you are asked to complete that research.Using the Internet and Capella Library, complete the following:

• • Research and analyze the critical needs of the hospital by creating a list of questions that would be given to the vendor that addresses security, compliance, and regulatory criteria. Create a list of 10 key areas that would be addressed in the RFP.
  • Examine and evaluate HIPAA, Electronic Health Records, and Quality Improvement initiatives.
    • Explain why these three topics are critical to the successful implementation.
    • Describe how all three areas are related to one another.
  • Examine and evaluate Information Technology and how IT works within a health care setting.
  • Explain how IT and Administration can work in a collaborative environment
  • Evaluate the policies and Human Resource guidelines of the hospital.

  Research Required for Request for Proposal Scoring Guide

  Due Date: End of Unit 6.
  
  Percentage of Course Grade: 14%.

  Research Required for Request for Proposal Scoring Guide Grading Rubric

  Criteria	Non-performance	Basic	Proficient	Distinguished
  Analyze information technology needs of the health care setting. 25%	Does not explain information technology needs of the health care setting.	Explains, but does not analyze information technology needs of the health care setting.	Analyzes information technology needs of the health care setting.	Analyzes information technology needs of the health care setting and explain how the various systems must work together from various departments of the hospital.
  Evaluate HIPAA, Electronic Health Records, and Quality Improvement initiatives. 25%	Does not evaluate HIPAA, Electronic Health Records, and Quality Improvement initiatives.	Identifies, but does not evaluate HIPAA, Electronic Health Records, and Quality Improvement initiatives.	Evaluates HIPAA, Electronic Health Records, and Quality Improvement initiatives.	Evaluates HIPAA, Electronic Health Records, and Quality Improvement initiatives and explain how each of these relates to the health care setting as a whole.
  Evaluate policies and Human Resource guidelines of a health care setting. 25%	Does not explain policies and Human Resource guidelines of a health care setting.	Explains but does not evaluate policies and Human Resource guidelines of a health care setting.	Evaluates policies and Human Resource guidelines of a health care setting.	Evaluates policies and Human Resource guidelines of a health care setting and distinguish the differences in policies and guidelines in various departments.
  Explain how information technology and administration works in a collaborative health care setting. 25%	Does not identify the collaboration between information technology and administration.	Identifies how information technology and administration collaborate, but is not clear how they can collaborate within a health care setting.	Explains how information technology and administration works in a collaborative health care setting.	Explains how information technology and administration works in a collaborative health care setting and provides both successful and non-successful collaboration.