Discussion:

Discuss Supply Chain Management (SCM) in healthcare from the following perspectives:

1. Evaluate the roles of the key internal and external players involved in the success of SCM systems within healthcare organizations and explain how they interact.

2. Explain how SCM systems allow healthcare organizations to become more competitive.

3. Analyze the role that e-commerce plays in SCM. Support and justify your responses with appropriate research and examples.

Critical Thinking Paper:

Peruse the following website:
http://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/your-mobile-device-and-health-information-privacy-and-security.

Choose at least four of the reading or video options focused on securing patient information using mobile devices and read or watch the chosen content. Then, in a well-written paper:

• Assess the value of these devices for your healthcare setting.
• Describe how you would protect such technology and the information that it contains, using this week’s readings and your own research.
• Describe how important the use of these products is to healthcare delivery and the management of chronic diseases, such as asthma and diabetes.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be 4-6 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages
• Cite 3-5 references. (Remember, you must support your thinking/opinions and prior knowledge with references; all facts must be supported; use in-text citations throughout the assignment and include them in an APA-formatted reference list.)
• Adhere to the guidelines of the grading rubric
• Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements

**Please Cite Sources and use above web page as one of them**