Looking Ahead

Unit Outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

• Discuss the impetus for health information exchange (HIE) in the United States.


• Describe basic HIE organizational structures, architectures, and services.


• Reinforce the need for data stewardship in HIE services.


• Identify the state, regional, and local activities in achieving benefits and overcoming challenges for HIE organizations.


• Describe the federal government's concept of a nationwide health information network.


• Examine health informatics concepts for the management of health information.


• The body of your document should be at least 1200 words in length.


• Quoting should be less than 10% of the entire paper. Paraphrasing is necessary.


• You must cite and reference at least four credible sources from the Library.


• Visit the Academic Success Center: Writing Center to assist you with meeting APA expectations for written assignments.

Instructions

Imagine that you are the Director of Health Information for a large  hospital. As Director, you sit on various institution-wide committees  that govern the organization’s policies. In collaboration with  interdepartmental committees, you have made recommendations regarding  the improvement of policies, procedures, and operations across the  institution. The CEO and Board of Directors have approved funding for  several initiatives, but have asked you to narrow changes to just a few.  Therefore, you will develop an action plan for the hospital.

Please follow the instructions below in completion of this Assignment.

Part

Instructions

 1 Appraise at least three (3) policies that cover data security (i.e.,  audits, control data recovery, e-security, data recovery planning, and  business continuity planning). Make three (3) recommendations for  improvements to the elements included in the design of audit trails and  data quality monitoring programs within the hospital.

 2 Critique the systems capabilities to meet regulatory requirements by  judging the technologies that relate to electronic signatures, data  correction, and audit logs.

 3 Critique at least three (3) human factors and user interface design  of health information technologies by making at least (3)  recommendations for device selection based on workflow, ergonomics, and  human factors.

 4 Evaluate a health information system's architecture in terms of  database design and data warehousing. Critique issues with systems  implementation related to systems testing, interface management, and  data relationships.

 5 Participate in the development of information management plans that  support the organization's current and future strategy and goals by  comparing and contrasting at least three (3) issues related to a  corporate strategic plan, operation improvement planning, information  management plans, and/or disaster and recovery planning.

 6 Analyze at least three (3) challenges that exist in each phase of the  systems development life cycle. Distinguish issues related to EHRs,  HIEs, and RECs within your analysis.

 7 Analyze at least three (3) challenges that exist in each phase of the  systems development life cycle. Distinguish issues related to EHRs,  HIEs, and RECs within your analysis.