Description
Week 4 Case Studies
Prior to beginning work on this assignment review Chapters 21, 24, 25 and 27 of Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach.
Select two of the case studies located in the course textbook at the end of Chapters 21, 24, 25, or 27, and answer the questions associated with those case studies in a cohesive, APA-formatted paper.
Chapter 21:
Recommend where would you start to improve the user experience.
Pharmacists are asking for your help due to struggles with non-integrated systems. What methods would you use to examine this issue?
Describe how usability should be incorporated as part of the purchasing process for this institution.
Chapter 24:
Assuming that you are the clinical content manager leading reporting efforts, recommend the approach you would take to address the reporting problem.
Describe how the effort of changing preadmission testing data collection from paper to the Electronic Health Record System (EHR) can be approached.
Using Patient Safety and Quality Research Design (PSQRD) methodology, identifying area of quality improvement in the hospital setting, recommend a process plan and identify the expected outcomes.
Chapter 25:
Discuss whether the proposed course of action would be permissible under current fraud and abuse regulations.
Explain common issues related to the use of EHR and healthcare fraud.
Discuss how the proposed EHR could potentially facilitate healthcare fraud.
Chapter 27:
Describe the timeline of the program and its potential financial impact on the individual healthcare providers who are involved in meaningful use.
Explain the process that providers must complete to avoid payment penalties.
Explain the timeframe for the provider to achieve modified stage two and stage three measures.
The Week 4 Case Studies Papers
Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center ’s APA Style resource for each case study.
Must include a separate title page for each case study with the following:
Title of paper including the chapter number and case study title
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Microsoft Word
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusionsas well as Writing a Thesis Statement, refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least two scholarly or credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Quick and Easy Library Research tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
