
CHAPTER 12
Objectives
Systems Development Life
Cycle: NI and Organizational
Decision Making
Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian
1. Describe the system development life cycle (SDLC).
2. Explore select approaches to 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 interoperable in health care.
INTRODUCTION
The following case scenario demonstrates the need to have all of the
stakeholders involved from the beginning to the end of the SDLC.
Creating the right ...