Health Services Info Systems

For: Profkharey

Application Papers

Read the total course requirements listed in the Syllabus so that you are familiar with the assignments and when they are due to the assigned Dropboxes.

Three Application Papers are due during this course:

The first paper is (Due 7-18-14)

Topic: Profile a health information exchange organization. Conduct a search of the Internet, consult professional journals or interview a professional in the field. Research the status of health information exchange implementation in your state. Connect your findings to course objectives.

The second paper is (Due 7-25-14)

Topic: Research electronic health record functionality standards or certification. Write a paper describing how you would incorporate your findings into the EHR selection and decision-making process. Sources include the HL7 EHR Functional Model, CCHIT certification criteria and other organizations offering EHR certification.

The third paper is (Due 8-1-14)

Topic: Research the HIMSS Davies Award winners. Review the case study for one of them. Compare their experience with the learning from this course.

Course Project

Course Project Paper Topic:

This longer written project is designed to give you the opportunity to select an electronic health record, identifying and discussing its key features. As part of this project, you will research your chosen software’s functions and how it works. The paper should critically analyze your findings. Specifically, the paper should offer the following information and address these issues:

• Name of the product
• Uses of the product
• Integration to other information systems
• User friendliness of data entry and data retrieval
• Benefits of this particular software over similar types of software
• The implementation process you would use to implement the EHR
• Other issues as identified by instructor

The name of the software you’ve chosen as the course project topic must be submitted on July 12, 2014

A content outline for your paper is due by July 25, 2014, indicating how you plan to address the above criteria, and the primary sources of information you will use. 

Feedback on your topic selection and project outline will be provided by the instructor.

The completed project is due (August 1, 2014)

The length of the paper should be approximately 10-12 pages and must include a bibliography and footnotes.