HEALTHCARE STATISTICS AND RESEARCH

Competency 732.5.3: Health Information and Research Design for Health Information Data – The graduate evaluates data that is found in health information management (HIM) research to support leadership in improving standards and techniques for electronic healthcare records (EHR) data collection, storage, and protection.
Competency 732.5.4 Health Information Data Evaluation and Application Skills – The graduate audits statistical data to support health information management department process improvement through data measurement and research.

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Task 2: Post-Implementation Assessment

Introduction:

Gathering statistical data is an important part of assessing how effective health information technology is in healthcare organizations. As an HIM professional, you are charged with the task of looking at performance data and providing data to support leadership for improving standards in the organization. The statistical data provided regarding data collection, storage, and productivity are key in explaining the value of EHR technology in a healthcare organization.

Scenario:

Felder Community Hospital has just gone live with their new electronic health record (EHR). The hospital is experiencing issues associated with implementing new technology in an HIM department. As an HIM professional, you have been given the task of reviewing workflow and compiling data to show how processes within the department have changed since the EHR has been implemented. There are three functions that are being assessed: release of information, coding, and record retention.

You will use the data provided in the attached “Felder Post-Implementation Assessment” from sample manual service logs, policies, and reports to provide statistical data to the HIM manager and key stakeholders regarding the status of the department post-implementation.

Requirements:

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. Use the Turnitin Originality Report available in Taskstream as a guide for this measure of originality.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

A. Using the data from the attached “Felder Post-Implementation Assessment,” create and submit a multimedia presentation (e.g., PowerPoint, Keynote) for the Felder Community Hospital board of directors, including presenter notes, in which you do the following:

1. Describe the post-implementation assessment of the electronic health record (EHR) for Felder Community Hospital.

2. Describe the three performance areas and their purpose in the health information management (HIM) department.

3. Describe the functions of the three performance areas in the HIM department.

4. Describe how the technology has improved or been detrimental to HIM operations.

5. Include a table or graph comparing and contrasting three observations from the data provided.

a. Explain your observations.

B. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.