Case Study Assignment
Wasatch Family Clinic Case Study.
STAGED ASSIGNMENTS
The case study and assignments address the Course Outcomes to enable you to:
• Evaluate the organizational environment in the health care industry to recognize how technology solutions enable strategic outcomes
• Analyze the flow of data and information among disparate health information systems to support internal and external business processes
• Evaluate technology solutions in the health care industry to improve the quality of care, safety, and financial management decisions
• Examine the implications of ethical, legal, and regulatory policy issues on health care information systems.
Upon completion of these assignments you will have performed an array of activities to demonstrate your ability to apply the course concepts to a "real world situation" to:
• Analyze an organization's strategies and processes to determine how a technology solution could help (Stage 1)
• Analyze the data flow among a Clinical practice and external organizations (Stage 2)
• Identify and explain the legal, ethical and regulatory considerations for a system (Stage 3)
• Propose an appropriate certified EHR technology solution (Stage 4)
As explained in the Stage 1 assignment, you will create a System Recommendation Report for Dr. Betts, using each stage to develop a section of the report. The staged assignments are designed to follow the relevant readings in the course content, and they are due on the dates assigned in the class schedule. These assignments are designed to help you identify how to effectively analyze and interpret information to improve a medical practice using technology. This is an opportunity for you to apply critical thinking skills and think like a professional medical consultant.
Stage 2: Sharing Data
Overview
Before you begin work on this assignment, be sure you have read the Case Study and reviewed the feedback received on your Stage 1 assignment. Refer to the System Recommendation Report Table of Contents below to see where you are in the process of developing this report.
As a professional medical consultant, your next step in developing your recommendation for an EHR system is to determine what data will need to be shared with other organizations and how that data will be shared.
System Recommendation Report
Table of Contents
Report Introduction (completed as part of Stage 1)
I. Organizational Analysis and Requirements (Stage 1)
A. Introduction
B. Organizational Strategy
C. Strategic Use of Technology
D. Components of an Information System
E. Requirements
F. Summary
II. Sharing Data (Stage 2)
A. Introduction
B. Need to Share Data
C. Types of Data to be Shared
D. Data Interchange Standards
E. Summary
III. Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Policy Issues (Stage 3)
A. Introduction
B. Table of Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Policy Issues
C. Addressing the Most Difficult Issue
D. Summary
IV. System Recommendation (Stage 4)
A. Introduction
B. Proposed IT solution
C. How the Proposed IT Solution Meets the Requirements
D. Improvements from Proposed IT Solution
E. Implementation Considerations
F. Summary
Report Conclusion (to be completed as part of Stage 4)
References (to be updated with each stage)
System Recommendation Report (SRR), Section II - Sharing Data
Section II of the SRR document addresses the need for the Wasatch Family Clinic to share data with other organizations. As part of analyzing the requirements for the new system, one step is to consider how that system will enable the Wasatch Family Clinic to exchange electronic data with other health organizations - such as other providers, pharmacies, insurance companies, and even patients themselves. The case study mentions several of these. For this assignment you will select two types of external organizations and describe what kind of data would flow between the Wasatch Family Clinic and those organizations and how that can be done effectively.
Stage 2 Assignment Instructions
The first step is to incorporate the feedback you received on your Stage 1 assignment, making any needed corrections or adjustments. For this assignment, you will add Section II of the System Recommendation Report (SRR).
Using the case study, the overview above, Course Content readings, and external resources, develop your Section II on Sharing Data. Approximate lengths for each section are provided as a guideline; be sure to provide all pertinent information. Apply specific information from the case study to address each area listed below.
II. Sharing Data
A. Introduction-Introduction to this section describing what is included. (3-4 sentences)
B. Need to Share Data - Review the Wasatch Family Clinic Case Study and identify two types of external organizations (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, laboratories, pharmacies, health insurance providers, etc.) with which the Wasatch Family Clinic needs to communicate and the purpose of the communication. (Introductory sentence and list of two external organizations and the purpose of their communication with the Wasatch Family Clinic, providing specifics from the Case Study.)
1. External Organization #1 and purpose of communication.
2. External Organization #2 and purpose of communication.
C. Types of Data to be Shared- In Stage 1, Section C.3., Data, you took an initial look at the types of data the new EHR system will process. But now we're going to take that a step further and add a layer of complexity by considering the needs and requirements of different external organizations.
Using the two external organizations you listed in Section A above, list five data items, or data elements, that would be shared with each external organization, and explain whether that information is going out from the Wasatch Family Clinic or coming in from each of the two external organizations. Feel free to consult the list you developed for Section C.3 of your Stage 1 assignment. Some of these data elements may come from that list if they are appropriate for this purpose; however, other, different, data elements may be listed here.
Note: For full credit, a different list of data elements should be provided for each organization (no duplicates in the table below, although data elements may be repeated from Section C.3). (Provide an introductory sentence and copy the table and insert information within.)
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D. Data Interchange Standards -
Conduct some external research and identify a data interchange standard that would apply to the data that is exchanged with each external organization. The standard you select should apply to one or more of the data elements you listed above for each organization.
Provide a brief description of what the standard is, what it requires, why it is important and how it applies to the data elements listed and the Wasatch Family Clinic EHR system.
For full credit, two different data interchange standards are required. There are some specific data interchange standards that apply to health data exchange; if the same standard applies to the data exchanged with both organizations, explain how it relates to each.(Introductory sentence and list of two external organizations and the information shown about the Data Interchange Standard selected for each, providing specifics from the Case Study.)
1. External Organization #1
a. Data Interchange Standard and description
b. What the Data Interchange Standard requires
c. Why the Data Interchange Standard is important
d. How the Data Interchange Standard applies to the data elements listed and the Wasatch Family Clinic EHR system
2. External Organization #1
a. Data Interchange Standard and description
b. What the Data Interchange Standard requires
c. Why the Data Interchange Standard is important
d. How the Data Interchange Standard applies to the data elements listed and the Wasatch Family Clinic EHR system
E. Summary - briefly summarize the content of this section and tie the information together for the reader.(3-4 sentences)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- Wasatch-Clinic-Case-Study-Background.rar