Background: Island Palms General Hospital (IPGH) is in theprocess of joining BeachNet—a health information exchange (HIE)organization in the community. IPGH will need to incorporate newpolicies and procedures for governing health information that willbe exchanged with BeachNet. Instructions: You work at IPGH and havebeen asked to chair the Information Governance Steering Committee.Using correct grammar and complete sentences, please respond to thefollowing: 1. Identify the characteristics of health informationexchange organizations. 2. Explore the relationship of informationgovernance (IG) to HIE organizations. What concerns do you haveregarding information sharing? 3. Which organizational stakeholderswould you recommend be on the IG team/council? 4. You are revisingyour department’s strategic plan to include IG and HIEorganizations. What goals would you include for those strategies?5. Defend the position that information is an organizationalstrategic asset. 6. Explain the importance of having an informationgovernance plan in place to manage an organization’s informationassets.
