Homework
Length: 1,200 words.
Purpose
Identify current federal initiatives aimed at promoting electronic health information exchange.
Instructions
Imagine that you are the Director of Health Information for a large hospital. As Director, you sit on various institution-wide committees that govern the organization's policies. In collaboration with interdepartmental committees, you have made recommendations regarding the improvement of policies, procedures, and operations across the institution. The CEO and Board of Directors have approved funding for several initiatives but have asked you to narrow changes to just a few. Therefore, you will develop an action plan for the hospital.
Instructions
i. Appraise at least three policies that cover data security (i.e., audits, control data recovery, e-security, data recovery planning, and business continuity planning). Make three recommendations for improvements to the elements included in the design of audit trails and data quality monitoring programs within the hospital.
ii. Critique the systems capabilities to meet regulatory requirements by judging the technologies that relate to electronic signatures, data correction, and audit logs.
iii. Critique at least three human factors and user interface design of health information technologies by making at least recommendations for device selection based on workflow, ergonomics, and human factors.
iv. Evaluate a health information system's architecture in terms of database design and data warehousing. Critique issues with systems implementation related to systems testing, interface management, and data relationships.
v. Participate in the development of information management plans that support the organization's current and future strategy and goals by comparing and contrasting at least three issues related to a corporate strategic plan, operation improvement planning, information management plans, and/or disaster and recovery planning.
vi. Analyze at least three challenges that exist in each phase of the systems development life cycle. Distinguish issues related to EHRs, HIEs, and RECs within your analysis.
vii. Analyze at least three challenges that exist in each phase of the systems development life cycle. Distinguish issues related to EHRs, HIEs, and RECs within your analysis.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.