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Written Assignment

You will evaluate and recommend improvements to the EHR migration path for the Medical Center of DeVry. The details for this assignment are provided in the Course Project for Week 2 under Course Home. Review this migration path while studying Chapter 6 of your textbook and write a two-to-three page paper identifying the good elements and problem elements with this migration path. Recommend changes to it in order to help assure a smooth migration to the EHR.

Course project

Objectives

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The Course Project provides a framework for an implementation of an Electronic Health Record. A final project is not submitted at the end of the term. Each portion is submitted as an individual assignment or iLab in various units throughout the term. The project ties these assignments and iLab together as related portions of an EHR implementation.

Guidelines

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In this project, you will be working on portions of the implementation of Electronic Health Records at the Medical Center of DeVry. The Medical Center of DeVry is a 200-bed acute-care hospital with a busy emergency room. The center owns several physician offices and a rehabilitation center.

The purpose of the series of assignments you will be completing for the Medical Center of DeVry is to familiarize you with the EHR implementation process.

Milestones

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Milestones (Submission Weeks)	Milestone Descriptions	Points
Week 2	Written Assignment: Design an EHR Migration Path for the Medical Center	60
Week 3	iLab: Complete a block diagram project utilizing Visio	50
Week 4	iLab: Complete a data flow diagram utilizing Visio	50
Week 5	Written Assignment: Complete an RFP Evaluation assignment	60
Week 6	iLab: Construct an entity-relationship diagram for a module within the EHR	50
Week 7	Written Assignment: Complete a data evaluation assignment	50

Week 2

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Written Assignment: EHR Migration Path Assignment (50 points)

In this assignment, you will evaluate an EHR migration path for the Medical Center of DeVry. The medical center already has the following systems:

· Patient Financials

· R-ADT

· Radiology Information System

· Laboratory Information System

· Materials Management

· Abstracting

· Digital Dictation

· Chart Tracking

· Order Communication

· Release of Information

Below is a partial EHR migration path:

	Phase I	Phase II	Phase III
Goals	Collector	Helper	Mentor
Applications	· Chart scanning · CPOE · Results review · Nursing documentation	· Add surgery system · Add OR scheduling · CDS system	· BC-MAR · Add pharmacy information system
Technology	· Wireless network	· Data warehouse · Remote access	· Upgrade broadband network
Operations	· Physician champion · Tighten suspension policy for verbal orders	· Nurse informaticist	· Workflow for PFS document imaging system

Review this migration path while studying Chapter 6 of your textbook and write a two-to-three page paper identifying the good elements and problem elements with this migration path. Recommend changes to it in order to help assure a smooth migration to the EHR.

Grading Rubric

Category	Points	%	Description
Documentation and Formatting	10	20	Use APA formatting of paper, citations, and references.
Organization and Cohesiveness	10	20	Include an introduction and conclusion. The paper should contain smooth transitions between topics discussed.
Editing	5	10	Spelling and Grammar
Content	25	50	Identify the good elements in the migration plan and the problem elements. These items should be described and not simply listed. Recommend modifications to the migration plan.
Total	50	100	A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.