Health Informatics Custom Essay

Review websites of health informatics and other articles in the USU Academic databases. Write a 5-8 page paper identifying strengths and weaknesses of this growing technological system in healthcare, using

a minimum of 5 references (at least 2 from the USU library databases that are peer reviewed). Make sure you address the course topics and student learning outcomes covered in all 8 modules. Your title and

reference pages are not counted as part of the 5 – 8. Please follow your APA guidelines.

APA Style Format:
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/citeapa.htm.
http://www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-shaw-apa.pdf.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Your final paper can include the following structure/backbone of the paper. It should have some explanatory paragraphs describing each section:

Introduction including your thesis statement
Background
Main Headings you wish to include
for example: Proliferation of Online Degree Programs
Graduation Rates for students in Online Degree Programs
Accreditation of Online Degree Programs, etc.
Findings
Conclusion
Reference List (Your references must be formatted in APA style if possible- see APA websites listed above). You must include a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed references. These will be mainly journal articles

published in the areas of your research interest.

The paper should be double-spaced, 5-8 pages and include your name on an APA style cover page. Please submit in the Submissions tab in the Navigation Pane on the left.

Required Reading for Module 1:
1. Bellinger, G., Casstro, D.& Mills, A. (2004). Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom. Retrieved from http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm

2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Health Information Technology and Quality Improvement. (n.d.). How can you successfully collect and analyze data?. Retrieved from

http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/toolbox/RuralHealthITtoolbox/PatientQuality/analyzedata.html
3. Bess, O., Wallace, M., Torpunari, V., O’Neil, M., Schwend, G., Haughton, J., & … Kolbeck, G. (2012). Looking toward the future: 2012: Industry insiders weigh in on the year ahead in healthcare

technology. Health Management Technology, 33(1), 8-15. Retrieved from CINAHL Plus with Full Text. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2011446252&site=ehost-live

Discussion 1

Identify barriers to effective communications in healthcare settings

Discussion 2

Identify important types of data and information that are relevant to various healthcare disciplines

Required Reading for Module 2:
1. Teare, D. (2012). Internetworking Technology Handbook. Indianapolis: Cisco Press, Retrieved from http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Internetworking_Technology_Handbook
2. Ratzel, R., & Greenstreet, R. (2012). Toward Higher Precision. Communications Of The ACM, 55(10), 38-47. doi:10.1145/2347736.2347750. Retrieved from Business source Elite.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=82150085&site=ehost-live
3. Thomas, B., Jurdak, R., & Atkinson, I. (2012). SPDYing Up the Web. Communications Of The ACM, 55(12), 64-73. Retrieved from Business source Elite.
5http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=84348443&site=ehost-live
4. Sreelatha, A. A., VinayaBabu, A. A., Madhukar, K. K., Nagaprasa, S. S., Verghese, D., Mallaiah, V. V., & Pratima, A. A. (2010). Mobile Wireless Enhanced Routing Protocol in Adhoc Networks.

International Journal On Computer Science & Engineering, 2398-2401. Retrievede from Academic Search Premier.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=58663725&site=ehost-live
Database Models (n.d.). Retrieved from www.unixspace.com/context/databases.html

Discussion 1

Explain and Discuss the Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model (OSI) as a framework for communications flow

Discussion 2

Discuss the difference between Operational Information, Tactical Information and Strategic Information

Required Reading for Module 3:

1. Textbook Chapter 7 (pps 211-253):
Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino (eds.) Biomedical Informatics, London: Springer-Verlag, 2014.
2. Szolovits, P. (2003). Nature of Medical Data. MIT, Intro to Medical Informatics: Lecture-2. Retrieved from http://groups.csail.mit.edu/medg/courses/6872/2003/slides/lecture2-print.pdf
3. Blair, J. S. (1999). An Overview of Healthcare Information Standards, IBM Healthcare Solutions. Retrieved from http://lists.essential.org/med-privacy/msg00186.html
4. ANSI Standards Activities. Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel. Retrieved from
http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3
Health IT. Gov. Health IT Standards Committee. Retrieved from
http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/health-it-standards-committee
5. American National Standards Institute. Healthcare Informatics Standards Board. (n.d.) Inventory if health care information standards: pertaining to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountbility Act

(HIPAA) of 1996. (P.L. 104-191). Retrieved from
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/hisbinv0.htm
6.Health Level Seven: Links to Standards Developers. Retrieved from http://www.hl7.com.au/FAQ.htm
7. U.S. National Library of Medicine. National Institute of Health. (2003). Unified Medical Language Fact Sheet. Retrieve from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/umls.html

8. Gannot, I.(n.d.) Computers in Medicine. Retrieved from
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Panfilo-42896-Introduction-lesson-Computers-Medicine-Computer-Meets-Biology-Emergence-Discipline-Subjects-Index-Inputs-le-Education-ppt-powerpoint/
Discussion 1

Discuss the ways the NLP is used to manage biomedical records.
Required Reading for Module 4:

1. Textbook chapters 8 and 12 (Natural Language Processing in Healthcare and Biomedicine, Electornic Health Records Systems)
Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino, J.J. (eds), Biomedical Informatics. London: Springer-Verlag.

2. Johnson, Ronald. (2003). Health Care Technology: A History of Clinical Care Innovation. Health Technology: Special Technology Overview, HCT Project, 1. Retrieved from
http://mthink.com/article/health-care-technology-history-clinical-care-innovation/
3. Mueller, M. L., Ganslandt, T., Frankewitsch, T., Krieglsein, C. F., Senninger, N. & Prokosch, H. U. (2003). Workflow Analysis and Evidence-Base Medicine: Toward Integration of Knowledge-

Based Functions in Hospital Information Systems. Department of Medical Informatics and Biomathematics, University of Muenster, Germany. Retrieved from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10566375 OR
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2232821/

Discussion 1

Describe key areas of Health Informatics, their relationship to various healthcare disciplines, and how these areas help to reduce medical errors

Discussion 2

Discuss ways that health information systems benefit the quality of healthcare in the clinical, administrative and research settings

Required Reading for Module 5:

1. Textbook Chapter 15 (pps 475-501):
Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino (eds.) Biomedical Informatics, London: Springer-Verlag, 2014.

2. D’Entremont, B. (2009). Clinical pathways: the Ottawa Hospital experience, The Canadian Nurse, 105(5), 8-9. Retrieved from Medline with Full Text
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=19580145&site=ehost-live
3 Hynes, D. et al. (2010). Use of HealthInformation Technology to Advance Evidence-Based Care: Lessons from the VA QUERI Program. JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, Supplement 1, 25,

44-49. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier
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4. Liaw, S. T. & Gray, K. (2010). Clinical health informatics education for a 21st Century World.Health Technology And Informatics, 151, 479-91 Retrieved from CINAHL Plus with Full text.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2010606132&site=ehost-live
5. Wyatt, J. (2010). Assessing and improving evidence based health informatics research. Studies In Health Technology And Informatics 151, 435-45. Retrieved from Medline with Full Text
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=20407177&site=ehost-live

Discussion 1

Differentiate between the nursing process and critical pathways/protocol approaches to the design of nursing systems.

Required Reading for Module 6:
1. Textbook Chapters 16 and 17 (pps 503-539):
Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino (eds.) Biomedical Informatics, London: Springer-Verlag, 2014.

2. Emuziene, V. (2009). Using computers for planning and evaluating nursing in the healthcare services. Studies In Health Technology And Informatics, 146, pp. 103-6. Retrieved from Medline with Full Text
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=19592817&site=ehost-live

3. Mitchell, B., Petrovskaya, O., McIntyre, M. & Frisch, N. (2009) Where is nursing in the electronic health care record? Studies in Health Technology And Informatics, 143, 202-6. Retrieved from

Medline with Full Text http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=19380937&site=ehost-live

4. Plescia, M. & Engel, J. (2008). Into the future: Public health data needs in a changing state. North Carolina Medical Journal, 69(2), 167-9. Retrieved from from Medline with Full Text
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=18605172&site=ehost-live
5. White, R.E. (2008). Health information technology will shift the medicalcare paradigm. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23(4), pp. 495-9. Retrieved from
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=0096c6f6-1513-4e5b-a449-ae0ee4ad211c%40sessionmgr115&vid=44&hid=123

Discussion 1

Discuss the purpose of the health care information systems needs assessment

Required Reading for Module 7:
1. Textbook Ch 10, Ethics in biomedical and Health Informatics, Shortliffe & Cimino (2014).
2. Blair, J. S. (1999). An Overview of Healthcare Information Standards, IBM Healthcare Solutions. Retrieved from http://lists.essential.org/med-privacy/msg00186.html
3. Health Level Seven: Links to Standards Developers. Retrieved from http://www.hl7.com.au/FAQ.htm
4. Szolovits, P. (2003). Nature of Medical Data. MIT, Intro to Medical Informatics: Lecture-2. Retrieved from http://groups.csail.mit.edu/medg/courses/6872/2003/slides/lecture2-print.pdf
5. Unified Medical Language Fact Sheet. (2003). National Library of Medicine: Office of Communications and Public Liaison. Retrieve from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/umls.html

Discussion 1

Differentiate between privacy, confidentiality, and information security.
Discussion 2

State examples of confidential forms and communication that are commonly seen in health care settings and identify proper disposal techniques for each.

Required Reading for Module 8:
1. Textbook Chapters 27 and 28 (pps 781-811):
Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino (eds.) Biomedical Informatics, London: Springer-Verlag, 2014.

2. Johnson, Ronald. (2003). Health Care Technology: A History of Clinical Care Innovation. Health Technology: Special Technology Overview, HCT Project, 1. Retrieved from

http://mthink.com/article/health-care-technology-history-clinical-care-innovation/
3. White, R.E. (2008). Healthinformationtechnologywill shift the medicalcare paradigm. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23(4), pp. 495-9. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32486492&site=ehost-live
4. Wyatt, J. (2010). Assessing and improving evidence based health informatics research. Studies In Health Technology And Informatics 151, 435-45. Retrieved from Medline with Full Text

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx
direct=true&db=mnh&AN=20407177&site=ehost-live

Discussion 1

Discuss the importance of network integration for health care delivery.