Advanced Health Informatics assignment 7
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Unit 7 Assignment Directions
Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
· Assess Database Architecture and Design.
· Assess Clinical, business, and specialty systems applications (administrative,
clinical decision support systems, electronic health record and computer-based health
record systems, nursing, ancillary service systems, patient numbering systems at
master and enterprise levels).
Course outcome assessed/addressed in this Assignment:
HS420-4: Assess the components of e-health delivery systems.
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Instructions
You are the Vice President of the Dallas/Fort Worth Health and Hospital System. Your system
includes 1800 bed-hospital and 30 community-based clinics throughout the metroplex. You and
your interdisciplinary team (Quality Improvement, Health Information Management, Pharmacy,
and Report/Analytics) are charged with the task of assessing the appropriate clinical, business,
and specialty systems applications for the entire hospital system. Provide an assessment for the
following applications: administrative, clinical decision support systems, electronic health record
and computer-based health record systems, nursing, ancillary service systems, patient
numbering systems at master and enterprise levels.
Requirements
For each application assessment (1) select the appropriate clinical setting (inpatient and/or
outpatient), (2) explain database architecture and design, and (3) decide which components of
an e-health delivery system would be appropriate. Your assessments should be a minimum of 6
pages.
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