The above case study outlines the potential value offered by electronic healthcare records (EHR) but also raises a number of issues. The case material is comprehensive but, in essence, focuses on the improving the management of doctors' offices through the application of information technology and systems. The requirement for this case study is to analyse the IT value issues of EHR so that a business case can be developed for management of a doctor's practice. You are required to analyse the case material provided to you and produce a report to management with the title: The Business Case for Investing in EHR within a Doctor's Practice. You should identify the issues in the case material that have relevance to a business case and produce a written report from the information available. To understand the issues associated with EHR you should not only rely on the information provided in the case study but also conduct your own research. EHR is very topical and there is much information available through the ECU e-library. A sample journal article relevant to the topic titled "Information Technology Issues in Healthcare: Hospital CEO and CIO Perspectives" is provided with the case material. The assignment will be completed in two parts: Part 1: Data collection (worth 30%) You are required to collect data in respect of EHR and doctors' practices within Australia. Firstly obtain an understanding of how General Practice functions, the business context and the key processes. Then select an EHR vendor operating in Australia that supplies EHR system solutions to doctors' practices. Establish the solutions they provide: functionality of systems, IT architecture, risk and security, costs and benefits, implementation strategy, vendor background information. Write up your data as a well-structured set of tables which contains the key data in a compact form. It is mandatory that you provide an audit trail of your data collection activities: sources of data (e.g. Internet URL, brochures), dates when the data was obtained (e.g. dates Internet was accessed), the data itself (to be attached in the appendix of your business report).