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HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 1 Discussion

DQ1 Categories of Information Systems

EHRs are composed of four main categories of information systems: source systems, supporting infrastructure, core clinical systems, and connectivity systems. Select one of these categories and explain what is included in the categories and the main purpose of the category. Indicate characteristics of an EHR system that may be present from this specific category.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Select the post of a peer that addresses a different category from the one you selected. Identify and explain how the two categories would work together. Indicate characteristics in an EHR system that may be present due to these categories working together.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe the framework and conceptual model of the components of an EHR.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

DQ2 EHR Applications

After working in EHR Go, identify one application present in the EHR with which you have interacted. Explain how this interaction occurred.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.​

Response Guidelines

Select a post from a peer that addresses a different application than the one you had selected. Compare the two applications.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Review the uses of EHRs in various settings.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

 

 

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 2 Discussion

DQ1 EHR Benefits and Limitations

Identify two benefits and two limitations of implementing an EHR. Compare and contrast these benefits and limitations.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Identify a limitation described in a peer’s post, and propose a method to overcome the limitation.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Review examples of EHR adoption successes and failures.

Identify critical success factors for EHR adoption.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

DQ2 EHR Adoption Challenges

What are some challenges that can be faced in EHR adoption? Use your experiences with EHR Go as examples.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.​

Response Guidelines

Provide a possible solution to overcome a peer’s challenge. Use your experiences with EHR Go as examples.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Review the uses of EHRs in various settings.

Identify critical success factors for EHR adoption.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

 

 

 

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 3 Discussion

Goals and Benefits for the EHR

Explain the importance of establishing goals and benefits expectations for the EHR.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Select a goal or benefit described by a peer, and describe how to measure if that goal or benefit has been achieved.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Review the uses of EHRs in various settings.

Identify critical success factors for EHR adoption.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 4 Discussion

DQ1 Workflow and Process Mapping Tools

Compare at least two different workflow or process mapping tools discussed in the readings for this unit.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Read the posts of your peers and choose one of the tools described in a post. Using one of the workflow or process mapping tools presented by a peer, display a simple process such as changing a tire or washing dishes.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Outline the steps in workflow process improvement.

Explain the purpose and the importance of a needs assessment.

Describe a migration plan for an EHR.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

DQ2 Workflow Process Map Example

Explain and provide at least one example of why it is important to map the current workflow process before implementing a change.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Read the posts of your peers and respond to at least one post. Taking one of your peer’s examples, describe how the workflow mapping can be used to create a migration plan or a needs assessment.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Outline the steps in workflow process improvement.

Describe a migration plan for an EHR.

Explain the purpose and the importance of a needs assessment.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 5 Discussion

SDLC Stage

Select one stage of the system development life cycle (SDLC) that you feel is important. Explain the stage, and explain why you think this stage is important.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Select the post of a peer who explained a different stage than the one you selected, and compare the two stages. What would happen if either stage was missed or skipped during the development process?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Review the stages of the system development life cycle.

 

 

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 6 Discussion

EHR Standards Organization

Identity an organization that is currently involved in the setting of standards for EHR systems. Select and explain one standard this specific organization addresses.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Select a peer’s post with a different organization than the one you had selected. Compare the organization standard that you selected to a standard that your peer had selected. Do they work together? Are they dependent upon each other?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify organizations that set EHR standards.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

DQ2 Data Dictionary

Why is it important to have a data dictionary? What function does a data dictionary serve?

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Building upon a peer’s response, explain how data dictionaries and standards help with the integration among applications.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Discuss the purpose of a data dictionary.

Explain data formats.

Determine data reporting requirements.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

 

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 7 Discussion

Secure and Efficient Data-Sharing

What are some strategies for assuring that EHRs promote secure and efficient patient data-sharing among personal health records (PHRs) and health information exchanges (HIEs)?

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Select a peer’s response, and address this question: As a health care consumer, do you feel the security offered by a strategy or strategies presented is or are sufficient? Why or why not? How can a strategy be improved?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe security features in an EHR.

Identify organizations that set EHR standards.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

 

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Unit 8 Discussion

DQ1 Interoperability Challenges

Identify and explain a challenge to EHR interoperability.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Provide a possible solution to an interoperability challenge presented by one of your peers.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe security features in an EHR.

Describe the characteristics of a successful EHR implementation.

Discuss the purpose of a data dictionary.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

DQ2 EHR Implementation Requirements

Select a health care setting and identify at least two requirements for a successful EHR implementation within that specific setting.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Select a peer’s post with a different setting from the one that you chose. Is your requirement also a requirement in your peer’s setting? Why or why not?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe the characteristics of a successful EHR implementation.

Review the uses of EHRs in various settings.

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 9 Discussion

EHR Optimization in Health Care Environments

Select a health care environment such as a physician’s office, clinic, or hospital and provide an example of how to optimize the use of the EHR within that environment.

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Select a peer’s post with a different setting from the one that you chose. Would your optimization plan work in your peer’s setting? Why or why not?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Review the uses of EHRs in various settings.

Review examples of EHR adoption successes and failures.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements.

 

 

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 10 Discussion

DQ1 Standards and Interoperability

How do standards aid in the development of interoperability? What is a future possibility with the use or implementation of EHR interoperability?

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.?

Response Guidelines

How does your future possibility compare to a peer’s future possibility?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify organizations that set EHR standards.

DQ2 EHR Implementation and You

How does understanding the implementation of an EHR help you to become a better health care consumer?

Your initial post must use at least one scholarly or health care industry-recognized resource, and include an in-text citation and its related reference, following current APA format guidelines.

Response Guidelines

Build on a peer’s response to explain how implementation or other factors affect the development of personal health records (PHRs).

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 3 Assignment  

EHR Adoption and Benefits

In this assignment, you will examine EHR use and system implementation in a case study of your choice. You will combine practical experience from course activities with a broader perspective provided by studying an EHR implementation in a professional health care environment. Before you complete your assignment, do all of the assigned EHR course activities from this and previous units, so that you have skills and experience to apply to the case study analysis.

Instructions

Choose a case study from one of the resources provided; provide the citation in APA format; and give a brief overview of the case study you chose. Based on your reading of the case study, your experience in using the EHR in the course, and further research in industry or scholarly resources, write your case study analysis to meet the following criteria:

Describe the characteristics of an EHR system.

Identify the benefits and limitations of the EHR.

Summarize the challenges to EHR adoption.

Compare EHR applications.

Submission Requirements

Page length: 3–5 pages.

References: Provide references and citations in current APA style and format.

Writing: Create a document that is clearly written and generally free of grammatical errors.

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 5 Assignment  

EHR Life Cycle

For this assignment, you will choose another case study. This time, choose a study that allows you to focus on various aspects of system development life cycle (SDLC). Be sure to complete all assigned EHR course activities before you complete this assignment, so that you can add perspective from your growing EHR knowledge and skills to your analysis.

Instructions

Choose a case study from one of the links provided; provide the citation in APA format; and give an overview of the case study you chose. Based on your reading of the case study, your experience in using the EHR in the course, and further research in industry or scholarly resources, write your case study analysis to meet the following criteria:

Identify the stages of the system development life cycle (SDLC).

Identify the requirements for a successful EHR implementation.

Explain why this EHR implementation was or was not successful. What should have been done differently for a successful implementation?

Evaluate a migration plan for an EHR implementation.

Explain the migration path by identifying the process steps used to implement the EHR in the case study.

Evaluate workflow and needs assessment in relation to EHR implementation.

Assess whether the needs assessment process was adequate.

Identify areas for improvement in the workflow process. Include your EHR experience in this course.

Submission Requirements

Page length: 3–5 pages.

References: Follow APA style and format guidelines for references and citations.

Writing: Create a document that is clearly written and generally free of grammatical errors.

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 7 Assignment  

EHR Standards

For this assignment, choose a case study that allows you to focus on standards for EHR data and technology, as well as the organizations that set the standards. Be sure to complete all assigned EHR course activities before you complete this assignment, so that you can add perspective from your growing EHR knowledge and skills to your analysis.

Instructions

Choose a case study from one of the links provided; provide the citation in current APA style and format; and give an overview of the case study you chose. Based on your reading of the case study, your experience in using the EHR in the course, and further research in industry or scholarly resources, write your case study analysis to meet the following criteria:

Identify standards that govern EHR systems and the organizations that set them.

Select one vocabulary standard and one classification standard and explain how the case study implemented that standard.

Distinguish types of data, data formats, and data reporting requirements.

Describe the purpose of data modeling and data dictionaries.

Explain how the case study addressed the following components: data architecture, databases, data warehouses, data modeling, data dictionary, and metadata.

Explain the importance of data usability and quality.

Explain the importance of consistency and design.

Determine standards for integration among applications.

Using your experiences with the assigned EHR course activities, identify documentation strategies that have been used. Explain how these strategies have assisted in the integration of data across applications.

Submission Requirements

Page length: 3–5 pages.

References: Follow current APA style and format for references and citations.

Writing: Create a document that is clearly written and generally free of grammatical errors.

 

HIM4640 Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

Unit 9 Assignment  

EHRs and Interoperability

For this assignment, select two case studies from different health care settings for analysis. This analysis focuses on issues surrounding how EHRs interact with patients, other health information systems, and others outside the health care organization. Be sure to complete all assigned EHR course activities before you complete this assignment, so that you can add perspective from your growing EHR knowledge and skills to your analysis.

Instructions

Choose the two case studies from this unit’s resources provided; provide the citations in current APA style and format; and give an overview of each case study you chose. Based on your reading of the case studies, your experience in using the EHR in the course, and further research in industry or scholarly resources, write your case study analysis to meet the following criteria:

Compare the EHR applications.

Compare and contrast the two applications in your studies, as well as the EHR you used in course activities.

Evaluate strategies for assuring that EHRs promote secure and efficient patient data-sharing among personal health records (PHRs) and health information exchanges (HIEs).

Identify the security measures within each system.

Explain if interoperability was or was not achieved.

Identify if the EHR system would be part of an HIE.

Identify if the EHR system had a patient portal or other means for sharing information with a patient.

Describe ways to optimize the use of EHR data within the healthcare environment.

Identify ways that each system could be optimized.

Using your experiences with the EHR course activities, explain how this system could be optimized.

Summarize the challenges to EHR adoption.

Compare and contrast the EHR challenges faced in both environments

Identify the requirements for a successful EHR implementation.

Compare and contrast the requirements of successful HER implementation in both environments.

Identify the organizations involved in setting standards for EHR systems.

Identify standards that would need to be addressed in both environments.

Submission Requirements

Page length: 4–6 pages.

References: Provide references and citations in current APA style and format.

Writing: Create a document that is clearly written and generally free of grammatical errors.