Health Care Information Systems Terms
1) Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them
from the textbook.
After you define each term, describe in 40 to 60 words the health care setting in
which each term would be applied. Include at least two research sources to support your
position—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Cite your
sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines.
Term
Definition
How It Is Used in Health
Care
Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
Electronic medical record
Electronic health record
Personal health record
Computerized provider order
entry system
Unique patient identifier
Protected health information
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services
Covered entities
Health information exchange
References
2)
Imagine you have been selected to consult for a prestigious health care
organization. Your ultimate goal is to develop a proposal to present to the board of
the organization. At their last meeting, the board asked you to prepare a proposal on
how the organization might adopt a technology trend to improve the quality of the
health care delivered to organization members.
Research various types, uses, and effects of technology across the health care
industry.
Write a 350- to 700-word summary that describes various types and uses of
technology across the health care industry and their impact. Also, identify the
technology trend you will recommend for the health care organization.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
3) Imagine you have been selected to participate in a prestigious internship in a health
care organization working for the chief information officer (CIO). Your internship
consists of a series of projects you will complete throughout this course.
Consider the following scenario:
In the first week of your internship, the CIO approaches your team and asks you to
research electronic health records (EHRs). She says, "I must give a presentation at a
staff meeting next week, and I’d like you to complete the research and create the
slides and notes for me. The presentation must focus on EHRs, which our
organization is considering implementing. Please be thorough with the speaker
notes."
The CIO adds that you must consider the effect of this technology on health care as
well as the privacy and security implications of adopting the EHRs. Describe the
HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules as well as the reasons those rules do or do not
apply to this type of technology. These constraints are a major consideration for the
staff when selecting new technology.
Develop an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® slide presentation that includes
the information the CIO requested in the scenario.
List major points in the slides. Include detailed explanations in the speaker notes
that correlate to each point.
Include videos, audio, photos, diagrams, or graphs as appropriate.
Include at least 2 references to support your presentation.
