Propose recommendations to address the interoperability, confidentiality, and security issues

Assignment 2: Required Assignment 1—Migrating to an Electronic Health Record

In this assignment, you will design a plan for the implementation of a new public health informatics process and prepare a researched report on the implementation for the stakeholders.

Review the following scenario:

Centervale County is migrating from a paper-based health records system to an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system within the next five years.

Using scholarly research, design an 8–12-page plan for the implementation of the EHR in a specific organization within Centervale County that includes the following:

Overview

Discuss the common elements of a county-wide EHR.
Describe one specific organization (e.g., a community clinic, a hospital, the county health lab) that would use the EHR. Make sure to describe its purpose, what type of organization it is, the mix and demographics of the clients, types of services provided, local resources, and other information to help thoroughly understand the data needs of the organization.
Describe how the EHR would be used by the organization.
Describe the type of data that the organization collects and propose a simple informatics system (data set) to manage this type of data. Give a tabular example of at least five variables in this data set.
Risk Management Plan

Identify and explain the interoperability (technology), confidentiality, and security issues of such a system.
Propose recommendations to address the interoperability, confidentiality, and security issues and explain how these recommendations, if implemented, will mitigate problems.
Communication Plan

Identify and assess the internal and external stakeholders and leadership that influence the system’s development, implementation, and evaluation.
Describe the communication plans for working with leadership and stakeholders.
Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

By Wednesday, January 14, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Assignment Components Proficient Maximum Points
Discuss the common elements of an EHR. Common elements of an EHR are complete and accurate. 8
Describe one, specific organization that would use the EHR (e.g., a community clinic, a hospital, the county health lab). Make sure to describe its purpose, what type of organization it is, the mix and demographics of the clients, types of services provided, local resources, and other information to help thoroughly understand the needs of the organization. Organization identified is clear and would likely use the EHR. Specific pieces of information (such as purpose, type, demographics, etc.) are present and provide a complete picture of the organization. 12
Describe how the EHR would be used by the organization. How the EHR would be used by the organization is clear, appropriate, and grounded in scholarly evidence. 20
Describe the type of data that the organization collects and propose a simple informatics system (data set) to manage this type of data. Give a tabular example of at least five variables in this data set. Type of data identified is accurate and realistic for the organization to collect. Proposed informatics system is reasonable and simple; in theory, it completely manages the data collected and would provide the needed information. Tabular example is accurate in both organization and execution; at least five accurate variables in this data set are present. 20
Identify and explain the interoperability (technology), confidentiality, and security issues of such a system. Issues of the system identified are clear, specific, and grounded in research. Issues are current and represent a genuine threat to the success of the system. 20
Propose recommendations to address the interoperability, confidentiality, and security issues and explain how these recommendations, if implemented, will mitigate problems. Recommendations clearly and directly address the interoperability, confidentiality, and security issues. Explanation includes a reasonable argument as to why and how these particular recommendations would mitigate the problems. 28
Identify and assess the internal and external stakeholders and leadership that influence the system’s development, implementation, and evaluation. The appropriate key stakeholders and leadership who clearly would influence the system’s development, implementation, and evaluation are identified. They represent a complete listing of both internal and external key stakeholders and leadership. Assessment explains how those identified would influence the system’s development, implementation, and evaluation. 28
Describe the communication plans for working with leadership and stakeholders. Communication plan is specific and clearly outlined. All members of leadership and stakeholders are included. Plan provides appropriate levels of communication: informing without overwhelming receivers with unnecessary communications. 16
Standard Components
Organization
Write with clear organization, appropriate to required format, including introduction, thesis/main idea, transitions, and conclusion, when appropriate. Introduction has a clear opening, provides background information, and states the topic. The assignment (e.g., report, presentation) is organized around an arguable stated thesis or main idea. Transitions are appropriate and help the flow of ideas. Conclusion summarizes main argument and has a clear ending. Writing generally provides a consistent coherency among ideas. 12
Usage and Mechanics
Write using proper grammar, spelling, usage, and mechanics appropriate to the required format. Writing follows format’s conventions of spelling and grammar throughout. Writing skills are competent. Good command of language. Bullet points and/or sentence structures are accurate. Capitalization, punctuation, and indentation reasonably well followed. Spelling errors are very few. All errors are infrequent and do not interfere with readability or comprehension. 12
APA Elements
Include proper attribution, paraphrasing, and quotations of all sources. Using APA format, accurately paraphrased, quoted, and cited throughout the presentation when appropriate or called for. Only a few minor errors present. 12
Audience and Communication
Write specifically to key audience, using terminology and tone appropriate for the format, audience, and assignment. Writing is focused. Tone and terminology are adequately formal and are appropriate for format, audience, and assignment. 12
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