A. Discuss how value-based care and information technology intersect by doing the following:1. Explain how moving to a value-based model could address the population health management goals of the rural community in Paducah, Kentucky, and of PHMS.2. Describe the current state of information technology at PHMS.a. Identify 2–5 key IT-related challenges related to or specific to population health goals.b. Identify 2–5 key IT-related opportunities that can be leveraged to address population health goals.3. Explain the role that information technology plays in supporting PHMS’s transition to a value-based model.4. Discuss how a HIT plan could contribute to PHMS’s population health goals by addressing the following:a. Discuss how telemedicine and mobile applications could address PHMS’s health management goals in the context of value-based care.b. Explain how patient-facing technologies, such as websites and patient portals, can enhance population health initiatives.c. Discuss how interfacing with Lourdes Hospital’s disease registries will expand population health goals at PHMS.B. Assess the current EHRS available at PHMS by doing the following:1. Describe the key usability and interoperability challenges of the current EHRS.2. Describe the key data integrity, data security, and patient privacy challenges of the current EHRS.3. Identify key opportunities PHMS can leverage when selecting an EHRS to address the challenges outlined in parts B1 and B2.