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Essay Instructions: For this Module you will need to complete the following tasks. This section will be added to the end of your Module 1 submission.


Identify the inputs, throughputs, and outputs of the health informatics system in use. (Electronic Health Record)
Where is the data housed?
Who enters the data that is used in the various applications?
How is the integrity of the data ensured?

Essay Instructions: For this case assignment, you will be assuming the role of a lead person on a technology review committee at a multi-facility regional hospital. Your committee has been tasked with evaluating the plausibility and possible selection of a new health information system that will enable the hospital to electronically collect and share patient medical history information among its various hospital centers and departments.

Currently, each hospital center maintains paper copies and files of patient records, which are separately managed and stored at each facility. Very few of the electronically based information system are integrated between the various centers and locations.

To add to the challenge, the CIO informs you that most of the members on the committee have very limited experience with information systems and databases. However, the CIO is aware that you are studying health informatics, so she has asked you to help familiarize the committee with fundamental concepts related to databases systems and relevant health information standards. Specifically, the CIO (and your professor) request that you prepare a three to four (full) page paper for presentation to the committee that provides a good overview of the following:

Fundamentals of database characteristics and structure.


Various types of medical data and information records relevant to this project.


The importance of uniform terminology, coding and standardization of the data.


Various information standards and organizations that may be applicable, and possibly required, for this project.
Remember, your committee is mostly comprised of clinicians and other healthcare practitioners. Accordingly, they do not have a great deal of technical knowledge related to information systems.

Essay Instructions: History of informatics Paper
Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary about the history of informatics. In your paper, address the following:
The introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points
• What major milestones were most important in the creation and evolution of health informatics?
• Include and describe at least five major milestones.
The conclusion is logical, flows, and reviews the major points.

Include at least three references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. The paper—including the title page, reference page, tables, and any appendixes. The paper is laid out with effective use of headings, font styles, and white space. Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed; spelling is correct.

Burke, L., & Weill, B. (2009), Information technology for the health professions (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Essay Instructions: Please write a 2 page paper following the APA format and include a reference page.


The Future of Health Informatics
Today, new technologies are constantly being introduced, older technologies are being improved and updated, and the capabilities of health information systems continue to expand. It is exciting to reflect on what the future may hold for the field of health informatics. For this Discussion, you propose a new nursing-related technology that would positively impact your specialty area.
To Prepare:
• Conduct online research to find developing technological innovations in nursing and health care.
• Select one innovation that is particularly intriguing to you. Consider how the innovation might impact and improve health care.
Post on or before Day 3 a description of the technology innovation and how it could contribute to nursing and health care. Provide a link to information on your innovation.