Managing EHR in healthcare setting
731.5.1 :
Institutional Planning Recommendations for Health Information Management
The graduate analyzes electronic health records (EHR) applications to support organizational leadership in the planning and implementation of a health information system.
731.5.4 :
Health Information Applications
The graduate evaluates various types of healthcare delivery systems to support the diverse requirements of each setting, including acute care, ambulatory care, health information exchanges, and the personal health record for healthcare consumers.
Introduction
Health information management professionals are leaders in their healthcare organizations and serve as resources for uniting the staff in the implementation of organizational initiatives. Whether they work for a healthcare facility or for a company that develops and implements electronic health record (EHR) systems, they are sought out for their expertise in the field.
Employees across healthcare organizations need health information management professionals when working on large-scale projects, such as adopting a new EHR system or supporting other activities that require the management of health data and information.
Requirements
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may
not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. List
four electronic health record (EHR) functions needed by clinical end-users in the acute care setting.
1. Describe how
each EHR function listed in part A could be used.
2. Discuss
one technological strategy that could be used when introducing new technology to enable it to integrate with old technology in the acute care setting.
B. List
three EHR functions needed by clinical end-users in the outpatient setting.
1. Explain how
each EHR function listed in part B is used by clinical end users in the outpatient setting.
C. Compare
two architectural models being used today in health information exchanges.
1. Describe the benefits of developing health information exchanges.
2. Describe current challenges preventing more widespread implementation of health information exchanges.
D. Discuss
three features of a personal health record (PHR) that an organization should consider when planning to provide this service to patients.
E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
F. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
