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In your new position as director of health information you have established yourself and you

are respected by your peers and superiors and looked to for expert advice on health

information management and health information systems.

Your organization has been asked to participate in a conference and present on a topic in

health information management. Because of success on your previous projects and your

knowledge of the field, the leadership at your organization has selected you to attend and

present at the conference on behalf of the organization. At a prep meeting with your boss you

are informed that you will be presenting on a topic of your choice in health information

management and drawing new conclusions in practice or policy from the research that you

gather. It is up to you to select a topic and report on how effective it is in improving health care

and health services.

For your Capstone Project you will complete a systematic review of reviews and meta-analysis

on a topic in health informatics. A meta-analyses draws upon the results of other research and

literature reviews in addressing a specific research question.

Overall your report should address the effectiveness health information management

technologies and policies to improve health. You should also include the following:

· A review of issues, success, failure and any evidence based HIM practices mentioned.

· A discussion on the impact of business strategies based on concepts of leadership and

management and how these practices impact your chosen topic.

· A discussion on the impact that economics, ethics, professional standards, and the law have on

your specific topic in health information management.

· A discussion on the impact of health policies and procedures to address health information

management needs in the industry regarding your specific topic in health information

management.

· A discussion on the statistical models used in healthcare to collect and analyze data and

provide a discussion on the statistical models used in your research.

Your project topic selection idea is your responsibility. Most ideas have come from course work

and class discussion as well as from your workplace. Some topics to consider include:

CPOE systems

Telemedicine

Data mining

Data Analytics

Decision Support Systems

EMR or EHR

Computer based reminder systems

Mobile health

Cloud computing

Security and Privacy

System Implementation

Machine modeling techniques

New interventions and old practices

You will choose a topic and formulate a research question. Please choose a topic that suits

your professional aspirations and interests and can be completed within the scope of this

course. Choosing a topic that is not feasible within the parameters of this course could result in

unsuccessful completion of the Capstone Project.

Requirements:

Your Capstone Project should include the following sections:

1. Table of Contents – This should include abstract, list of tables, list of figures, all major and

secondary headings of the body of the paper, references, and appendices with appropriate

page numbers for each element of the paper.

1. List of Tables - This should include any tables included in the paper starting with

Table 1, and the page number where each table can be found.

2. List of Figures – This should include any figures included in the paper starting with

Figure 1, and the page number where each figure can be found.

2. Abstract: A summation of the entire report.

3. Introduction: A generalized description of literature that is to be analyzed. Definition of any

terminology used in the paper. A precise statement of what your research is examining. In this

section you should also describe your methods or how you searched for articles, retrieved

articles and decided to include or exclude articles in your review and analysis.

4. Body of Paper: Literature Review: Information regarding what you found in the literature

regarding your topic. Your review should include at least 15 studies that have addressed the

same research question. You should also include the following in this section:

· A review of issues, success, failure, and any evidence based HIM practices

mentioned

· A discussion on the impact of business strategies based on concepts of

leadership and management and how these practices impact your chosen topic.

· A discussion on the impact that economics, ethics, professional standards, and

the law have on your specific topic in health information management.

· A discussion on the impact of health policies and procedures to address health

informatics needs in the industry regarding your specific topic on health

information management.

· A discussion on the statistical models used in healthcare to collect and analyze

data and provide a discussion on the statistical models used in your research.

3. Results: Discuss the results of your meta-analysis. In this section you should discuss

the effect sizes, present a graph of the effect sizes, and provide discussion on the

descriptive statistics used (Pearson R, odds ratio).

4. Discussion: This section should include your library research and your own data

collection methods and a critical analysis of the topic. You should examine and discuss

your problem statement and the goal of your research. You should also interpret and

discuss your findings against what is reported in the literature.

5. Limitations, Conclusions, and/or Areas for Further Study

3. References – This includes an appropriately cited list of citations that actually appear in the

paper

Appendices – this section is not required but can be included if it is necessary to include

supplementary information.