Application: HIS Applications

This week, you have looked at five HIS Applications: EHR, PMS, RIS, PACS, and GIS. There are many vendors marketin" rel="nofollow">ing their solutions concernin" rel="nofollow">ing these HIS Applications, and in" rel="nofollow">in this Application, you will explore one of these solutions in" rel="nofollow">in more depth. For this Application: • Select one of these Applications: EHR, PMS, RIS, PACS, GIS. • Choose a particular medical practice, such a rural hospital, public clin" rel="nofollow">inic, private specialist, etc. • Perform a market analysis comparin" rel="nofollow">ing and contrastin" rel="nofollow">ing three different vendors of your selected Application for the medical practice you chose. • Construct a worksheet that contain" rel="nofollow">ins elements relevant to cost, performance, number of screens and/or reports, and at least two other differentiatin" rel="nofollow">ing variables, for each of the three vendor-specific products. Evaluate each of the elements for the medical practice you chose. • Summarize your fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings in" rel="nofollow">in a 1–2 page docoument in" rel="nofollow">in APA style. Copy the worksheet in" rel="nofollow">into the same document and submit one document. Follow the directions in" rel="nofollow">in the onlin" rel="nofollow">ine classroom to complete the Application Assignment. You will need access to an Internet-enabled computer to complete this assignment. • Resources Overview Durin" rel="nofollow">ing Week 2, you will use a variety of resources, both required and supplemental, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing selections from the course text, Web resources and a video. The Weekly Schedule (a navigation lin" rel="nofollow">ink under Week 2) outlin" rel="nofollow">ines the resources you will need to participate in" rel="nofollow">in the Discussion and complete the Application and the Group Project. This page contain" rel="nofollow">ins the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week's assigned Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources. To access select media resources, please use the media players below. ________________________________________ Media Video: Week 2 Overview Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 20 min" rel="nofollow">inutes. This video provides an in" rel="nofollow">introduction to the week's resources and assignments. Accessible player ________________________________________ Readin" rel="nofollow">ing Course Text: Abdelhak, M., & Hanken, M. A. (2016). Health in" rel="nofollow">information: Management of a strategic resource (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier. • Chapter 6, "Electronic Health Record Systems" This chapter explores Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Personal Health Records (PHRs) and the issues and barriers that affect their plannin" rel="nofollow">ing and implementation. Read about standards and in" rel="nofollow">interoperability and what the future likely holds for data management to support the Application and Group Project this week. ________________________________________ Web Resource What is GIS? Access the GIS in" rel="nofollow">information page from the CDC and explore the topical lin" rel="nofollow">inks to help you prepare for the Discussion. ________________________________________ Web Resource Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Homepage This is the Web site for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), which is a professional membership society of medical imagin" rel="nofollow">ing professionals, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and allied scientists. ________________________________________ Web Resource RSNA DICOM Primer This article describes the Digital Imagin" rel="nofollow">ing and Communications in" rel="nofollow">in Medicin" rel="nofollow">ine (DICOM) standard, which has become the predomin" rel="nofollow">inant standard for the communication of medical images. Use the in" rel="nofollow">information found here to support the Group Project. ________________________________________ Web Resource Medisoft PMS Demo This is an onlin" rel="nofollow">ine demonstration of commercial Practice Management System (PMS) software. The demo in" rel="nofollow">indicates that the software helps clin" rel="nofollow">inic staff streamlin" rel="nofollow">ine workflow, speed reimbursement, and reduce denials. ________________________________________ Web Resource U.S. Department of the Interior - U.S. Geographic Survey This is the Web site for the USGS mappin" rel="nofollow">ing sciences page and contain" rel="nofollow">ins lin" rel="nofollow">inks to pages describin" rel="nofollow">ing USGS cartographic and geographic products and programs. Use this site to build your knowledge of the mappin" rel="nofollow">ing sciences. Explore the Education Materials and Fact Sheets on the type of geographic data collected. ________________________________________ Media Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2009). Healthcare IT middleware and in" rel="nofollow">integrated applications [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 min" rel="nofollow">inutes. In this video, Dr. Vin" rel="nofollow">incent Grasso demonstrates the physical settin" rel="nofollow">ing associated with each type of health care IS application such as billin" rel="nofollow">ing, radiology, and the ER. Dr. Grasso discusses the in" rel="nofollow">interface between the systems and the activities that take place in" rel="nofollow">in each settin" rel="nofollow">ing. Accessible player Week 2 Application: HIS Applications Assessment Rubric • (4 Poin" rel="nofollow">ints) Exceptional, complete, clear, exceeds performance in" rel="nofollow">indicators • (3 Poin" rel="nofollow">ints) Excellent, complete, meets performance in" rel="nofollow">indicators • (2 Poin" rel="nofollow">ints) Approachin" rel="nofollow">ing performance in" rel="nofollow">indicators, missin" rel="nofollow">ing some detail, not fully developed • (1 Poin" rel="nofollow">int) Developin" rel="nofollow">ing competence, vague, weak, needs more detail • (0 Poin" rel="nofollow">ints) Not present Poin" rel="nofollow">ints Earned Medical Practice—The submission identifies the selected Application and the selected medical practice. Market Analysis—The submission in" rel="nofollow">includes an analysis comparin" rel="nofollow">ing and contrastin" rel="nofollow">ing three different vendors of the selected application for the selected medical practice. Worksheet—The submission in" rel="nofollow">includes a worksheet with at least 5 differentiatin" rel="nofollow">ing variables, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing cost, performance, and number of screens/reports. Evaluation—The submission evaluates each of the differentiatin" rel="nofollow">ing elements for three products used in" rel="nofollow">in the chosen medical practice. Summary—The submission summarizes the fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings. Form and style—The 1–2 page word document is written in" rel="nofollow">in APA style, with consistent style and flow. Total Poin" rel="nofollow">ints Earned Out of 24 Divide Total Poin" rel="nofollow">ints by 0.48 = Out of 50