What is the difference between strategic planning and tactical planning?

Health Information Technology (HIT) has become a top priority in the US. The use of technology to electronically use and exchange health information securely between healthcare stakeholders will improve the overall quality, safety, and efficiency of health care delivery.

Directions: After reading Chapters 1-3, answer the following questions in their entirety:

1) What is the difference between strategic planning and tactical planning?

2) Why is it important to HIS and technology planning for a healthcare organization to have developed its strategic business plan and If the business does not have a strategic business plan, what should HIS planners do?

3) What do the four quadrants of the conceptual HIS planning framework presented in chapter 3 represent and what does it mean to have a balanced HIS architecture?

4) What are the key HIS and technology elements that need to be contemplated as part of HIS and technology planning?



A minimum of two references is required to support your responses to the discussion questions. only 1 reference can be the textbook.