You are HIM Director of a 500-bed facility. Two of your HIM systems are outdated
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You are HIM Director of a 500-bed facility. Two of your HIM systems are outdated, so you've decided to update. These systems are the encoder/grouper system and the tumor registry system. You have submitted a capital budget request and received approval to purchase the new systems that you need.
Before you can submit an RFP (Request for Proposal) or even a request for information (RFI), you have a decision to make. You have to decide if you want to purchase systems from your existing vendor, or use the best of breed model. You are considering the pros and cons of each choice of vendors. You want to have the RFP submitted to the vendor(s) in 3 months and you cannot finish writing it until this decision is made.
Which would you choose: a single vendor or best of breed?
Why did you choose this model?
What are the downsides to the model that you selected?
What if you selected a single vendor that has most but not all of the products you need? Will you send the vendor an RFP?
Explanation / Answer
I would choose the best of the breed because it will increase the competition between the vendors. And thus increasing the quality of the product. This will also decrease the monopoly of the vendor. The vendor will not take the order for granted and continuously work on his product to increase the quality.
Best of breed model will develop a healthy competition between the vendors and motivate them to improve the quality of their products. So I will choose this model.
Best of breed model is the model based on the best product present in the market at that time. So it is always superior than single vendor.
If selected single vendor has most but not all of the needed product then also best of breed model are used because product quality can not be compromised in case of medical and health care equipments. Best available product quality must be ordered.
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