M5 A10 WA: INSTRUCTIONS – ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD IMPLEMENTATION

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Overview

This assessment requires you address EHR implementation strategies for health organizations and describe how EHRs improve patient safety. You will consider your own facility’s implementation of its electronic health record, if you have one. If not, you should contact a large health system in your area and talk to their IT department, or you may select one of your clinical sites and contact that IT department. Answer the following questions:

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• State the EHR mandate. Who started it? When?

• What are the goals of the mandate?

• Describe your facility’s plan. If you have already implemented a system, what steps were taken? Make sure you use the HealthIT.gov website—be clear!

• Describe “meaningful use”.

Make sure you also include a clear, separate introduction and conclusion as a part of this assignment, as these are worth separate points on the grading rubric.

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This assessment is aligned with the course objective 7 and the module objectives.

Points: 40

Due Date: Sat, Oct 31 by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US. (Please note: No late assignments will be accepted for Module 5 assessments.)

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

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Style

Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 7th edition formatting, citations and references.

Number of Pages/Words

Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.

Instructions

To be successful, complete the following steps in order:

STEP 1. Review the instructional materials and finish learning activities in this module.

STEP 2. Click here to download the rubric.

STEP 3. Create a new Word document, write your paper based on the above overview.

STEP 4. Refer to APA 7TH EDITION MANUAL and rubric for correctly formatting the paper.

STEP 5. Save the document with the filename: “Lastname_Firstname_M5_A10” (Example: Smith_Jill_M5_A10.docx)

STEP 6. Submit the document by clicking the link on the left titled “M5 A10 WA: SUBMISSION AREA – ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD IMPLEMENTATION”

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Note: You will have three (3) attempts to submit a written assignment, only the final attempt will be graded. For each attempt you will receive a SafeAssign originality report. This will give you a chance to correct the assignment based on the SafeAssign score. Click here to view instructions on how to interpret your SafeAssign originality report.

Got questions? Please post them to the ‘QUESTION & ANSWER FORUM’ in Blackboard.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Electronic health records (EHR) have revolutionized the healthcare industry by making it easier for healthcare professionals to store and access their patient information whenever ORDER YOUR PAPER AT WRITTASK.COM to access the patient’s complete information at the click of a button has helped facilities embracing this technology to experience efficient and coordinated care. This, in turn, plays a vital role in improving the patient outcomes and the quality of healthcare services offered by staff ORDER YOUR PAPER AT WRITTASK.COM in the entire healthcare system, it is vital for all the stakeholders involved in its implementation to understand its mandate and goals in order to experience the optimal benefits associated with using the system.

EHR Mandate The EHR mandate states that healthcare professionals and physicians who choose to employ the use of EHR systems stand the chance to receive more funding and incentives as they put those records into meaningful use. The EHR mandate was incorporated into the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 by President Obama. The Act aimed to encourage more healthcare facilities to transition from…