HI 300 Information Technology & Systems for Health Care Essay

HI300: Information Technology and Systems for Health Care

TOPIC #1: Secondary Data Source Findings

Review the following website or the internet to find articles on specific secondary data sources.

Source: Quality Healthcare through Quality Information: American Health Information Management Association. Retrieved from http://www.ahima.org/

Analyze your findings on secondary data sources and discuss them with your classmates. How do the findings add to and contribute to the information provided in the text? Try not to duplicate articles that your classmates have chosen.

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Discussion responses should be on topic, original, and contribute to the quality of the discussion by making frequent informed references to lesson material. Initial discussion responses should be around 100 words.

HI305: Management of Health Information

TOPIC #2: EHR Initiatives

Throughout this course, many discussion opportunities come up where you need to respond to other people’s opinions and comments. Respond to your Discussion topic after you have completed your Reading.

Your initial response to the prompt should be a minimum of 175 words

There are numerous governmental and private-sector initiatives focusing on EHR and the exchange of health information across the continuum of care. Visit the federal government’s health information technology website:

Source: Healthit.gov. Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/

At this website find out about current news regarding EHR initiatives, HITECH programs, and ONC initiatives. In your initial post, describe/discuss at least one major news item, HITECH Program, or ONC Initiative and provide the pros and cons.

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Criteria Level III Level II Level I Not Present Criteria 1 Level III Max Points: 4 points Level II Max Points: 3.2 points Level I Max Points: 2.4 points Not Present 0 points Criteria 1: Initial Post Content Quality ● Responds to all parts of the topic(s) with supporting details. ● Responds to all parts of the topic(s). Any of the following are true: No initial post to the topic(s). ● Post includes original thoughts, opinions, or ideas. ● Post includes support from multiple outside sources and/or course materials if required. Criteria 2 Criteria 2: Responses to Others and Engagement in Social Learning ● Post includes original thoughts, opinions, or ideas. ● Post includes support from one outside source and/or course materials if required. ● Does not respond to all parts of the topic(s). ● Post shows no originality when compared to other responses. ● Post does not include outside sources and/or course materials if required.

Level III Max Points: 3 points Level II Max Points: 2.4 points Level I Max Points: 1.8 points Not Present 0 points ● Posts two or more responses to others. ● Posts two or more responses to others. Any of the following are true: No responses or ● Does not post at least two responses to others. responses do not follow professionalism and netiquette. ● Two or more responses to others ask follow-up questions or provide additional ideas that expand ● One response to others ask follow-up questions or provide additional ideas that expand on the topic. ● Responses to others do not ask follow-up questions or provide additional ideas Criteria Level III Level II on the topic. Criteria 3 Criteria 3: Post timeliness and length *(applies to DBs with posted length requirements) Level I Not Present that expand on the topic. Level III Max Points: 1.5 points Level II Max Points: 1.2 points Level I Max Points: 0.9 points Not Present 0 points ● Provides an initial post by 11:59 p.m ET on Sunday. ● Provides an initial post by 11:59 p.m ET on Sunday. Any of the following are true: No posts. ● All posts and responses to others meet length requirements (or no length requirement stated). Any of the following are true: ● Provides an initial post after Sunday. ● Initial post does not meet the length requirement.

● None of the posts meet length requirements. ● Responses do not meet length requirements. Criteria 4 Criteria 4: Spelling / Grammar / Formatting / Mechanics Level III Max Points: 1.5 points Level II Max Points: 1.2 points Level I Max Points: 0.9 points Not Present 0 points ● Displays college-level writing in Standard English free of spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. Any of the following are true: Any of the following are true: No posts. ● Displays college-level writing in Standard English with few spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. ● Writing includes frequent spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors. ● Includes citations when additional sources are used, including title, author, ● Citations are included when additional sources are ● Citations are included when additional sources are used but only include one or Criteria Level III Level II Level I Not Present publication date, and access type (URL, text information, etc). used, but any of the following may be incomplete: title, author, publication date, and access type (URL, text information, etc). two of the following elements: title, author, publication date, and access type (URL, text information, etc). Maximum Total Points 10 8 6 0 Mini