GRADING RUBRIC AND FORMAT MUST BE FOLLOWED

Prepare a 3-5 page workplace brief in which you analyze two EHR systems to determine which one best meets a health care organization's needs. (One of the EHR's must be EHR GO; Please compare this to another researchable EHR System

Case Studies

Each course assessment requires you to select a case study to analyze and then incorporate into the assessment. Choosing case studies that allow you to meet each assessment's scoring guide criteria is your responsibility. Please review the case study resources now to ease your path to assessment completion. For this first assessment, select a case study that focuses on EHR characteristics and/or EHR applications.

• HealthIT.gov. (n.d.). Case studies. Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/case-studies
  • At this link, you will find EHR implementation stories from providers around the country. In addition, case studies from specific categories, such as meaningful use and health information exchange, are provided. On the left hand side of the screen, be sure to click the + sign to open the list of case studies.
• Michigan State Medical Society. (n.d.). EMR in physician practices: A summary of 14 case studies to guide Michigan physicians [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.msms.org/Portals/0/Documents/MSMS/Reso…
  • These studies fill a gap in research by providing physicians with examples of adoption by practices of various sizes and settings.

  FORMAT:

• Case Study Overview (1/2 page)

  • What are the three to five key aspects of the EHR implementation and usage in the case study that will be of most interest to Vila Health leadership?

  EHR System Characteristics (1 page)

  • What are the three to five major characteristics of an EHR system according to your case study, your suggested resources, your independent research, and your experience using EHR Go in the course?

  EHR System Benefits and Limitations (1/2 page)

  • Based on your research and analysis, what are the three to five major benefits and limitations of EHR systems?

  EHR Adoption Challenges (1 page)

  • What are three to five major challenges health care organizations face when adopting an EHR system based on your experience in the course or workplace, your research, and your analysis?

  EHR Go Applications vs. EHR Case Study Applications (1/2 page)

  • Which two applications located in EHR Go and the EHR case study will you compare/contrast?
  • How are these applications in the two EHR systems the same?
  • How are they different?

  Conclusion (1/2 page)

  • Review the key points of your analysis between EHR Go and the EHR case study.