Assignment

1.  Download and read attached report: "Metrics for the Second Curve of Health Care". You need to concentrate your reading on contents related to "Strategy 4: developing Integrated Information Systems".

2.   Write a report to explain

• what is the Second Curve Health Care? (10 points)


• why Strategy 4 is important in the transition from the First Curve to the Second Curve (40 points)? Your explanation should be written from the informatics perspective focusing on how the three components of Informatics are involved in this strategy.

If you choose to supplement your writing with resources besides the attached document, you need to include their references in APA format.

3. Save your report as a Word document and name it as SecondCurve_FL where FL are your first and last name initials. Your Word document should be formatted using Times New Roman font (no smaller than 10 pt but no bigger than 11 pt), single spacing, 1" margins on all sides, and the report's length is 1-2 pages (1 page minimum, 2 pages maximum).

Step 3: complete a report based on your understanding of the Quality Data Model (QDM).

Download and read a document on Quality Data Model (QDM). Focus your reading on sections 1.1-1.5, and 2.1 - 2.8.

Tasks: Write a report that contains your answer to the following questions:

1. Why a quality data model is needed? Explain QDM's importance in healthcare information system using examples you have seen or discussed in this Module's required readings. (10 points)

2. Figure 1 in section 2.5 shows an example QDM element structure on the left. The diagram to the right is an example of QDM element called "Laboratory Test". Suppose you are member of an interprofessional team working a quality health database project for a hospital. Explain how you would design a database table to store data containing in the ODM element "Laboratory Test". For example, what is the name of this table? What are the columns to include in this table? (10 points)

3. Suppose the same database contains other tables describing ODM elements such as Doctor, Patient, Medication, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Company, etc. Describe ONE scenario where you can use this database to address questions related to QDM element "Laboratory Test".  (40 points)

In order to help you understand this question, please consider the following sample scenario: Doctor A needs to find if any of his/her patients in the age group 35-55 has low HDL so that s/he can recommend them to practice regular aerobic exercise and loss of excess weight to increase the HDL level. Doctor A asks you for help since you are a health informatics analyst. Describe how you would use the database to find the answer. For example, do you need to use the database table representing QDM element "Laboratory Test"? What other tables in this database do you need to use? How will you generate the answer for Doctor A from theses database tables?

Save your report as a Word file and save it as H3_FL2.docx where FL are your first and last name initials.