As  the Director of Health Information for a large health system, you have  been asked to analyze data sets, secondary data sources, and archival  methods through the application of health informatics techniques. The  CEO and Board of Directors have asked you to propose a plan to implement  across the organization and recommend best practices. Please follow the  instructions below to complete this assignment.

1. Apply  your knowledge of database querying, exploration, and mining techniques  to facilitate information retrieval, to create an outline of key  components and factors for a data standardization plan.
2. Investigate  at least five (5) key challenges related to data sources and data  dictionary composition, to meet the needs of a health system. Determine  the importance of each challenge and its significance.
3. Investigate  at least five (5) key challenges with data file structures (i.e., data  definitions, data modeling, data warehousing, and database management  systems). Determine the importance of each challenge and its  significance.
4. Compare  and contrast the key challenges. Specifically, address the comparisons  as advantages and/or disadvantages to data standardization.
5. Based on all the previous assignment components:
6. Construct  a plan to manage information as a key strategic approach and part of  the information management planning process, as an asset throughout the  healthcare organization.
7. Recommend at least three (3) best practices in your plan.
8. Justify each recommendation.

Present the information utilizing a video conferencing or recording system.

Submit your plan with recommendations and presentation recording.