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Systems Development Life Cycle

Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian

OBJECTIVES

1. Describe the systems development life cycle (SDLC).

2. Explore selected approaches to the SDLC.

3. Assess interoperability and its importance in addressing and meeting the challenges of implementing the HITECH Act in health care.

4. Reflect on the past to move forward into the future to determine how new systems will be developed, integrated, and made interoperable in health care.

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