[Verified Answer]: A network of small rural clinics located…

A network of small rural clinics located across 2 counties in Mississippi has requested help from the state health department to address the healthcare needs of their patients with diabetes. The community clinics use a combination of nurse practitioners and physician assistants to provide care, with telemedicine consultation with the endocrinologists at the University Medical Center in the state capital when necessary. Each clinic has a separate, standalone electronic health record. Lab data is provided directly to each electronic health record through phone connections from the regional laboratory. The state health department has been awarded funding through a federal grant program to use health information technology to improve the health of rural residents with diabetes and has proposed using a single hosted electronic health record for all clinics and using the state health information exchange to support communicable disease notifications and immunization registry updates. You have been asked to assist with this project’s design, development, and system evaluation. What critical challenges might be faced during the design and development process? What requirements must be considered before the implementation of EHR and telehealth applications? Which principles, theories, and frameworks would be optimal in the design of this project? Why? Describe what factors would influence the design and development of this project. What design method would you use to ensure that the product meets the needs of the end-users? Why would this design method be best? Define evaluation. Why is evaluation necessary? Describe how you would evaluate the success of this project.