Understanding the Future of HIS Technology

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Unit 8 Assignment Directions

Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

· Explain how HIM Practice will be transformed with the EHR.

Course outcome assessed/addressed in this Assignment:

GEL-1.1: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original

materials in Standard American English.

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Instructions

Compose a 4 to 5 page paper that focuses on how the changes occurring in healthcare will

affect the HIM professional’s career. The paper should address the topics studied throughout

the term. During each Seminar the instructor will discuss how the unit topic applies to the RHIA

exam and to your HIM career today and in the future. A number of AHIMA practice briefs and

articles assigned throughout the term discuss the skills required today and in the future for an

HIM professional to address changes such as the use of the personal health record, e-health,

open source architecture, virtual doctors, and health information exchanges. Your textbook

provides information about the changes occurring in healthcare.

This Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar,

punctuation, etc.). Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original

and insightful. Your sources should be cited according to APA formatting. The insights included

should demonstrate an understanding of how the health informatics skills described in the

AHIMA practice briefs and articles relate to the changes in healthcare discussed in your

textbook.

To view the grading rubric go to Course Home/Grading Rubrics.