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Essay Instructions: PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to investigate safeguards and apply ethical principles to the use health care technology.
COURSE OUTCOMES
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO #2: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers. (PO #4)
CO #6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client?s right to privacy. (PO #6)


SCENARIO
The government has created a committee to investigate the potential of implanting an electronic health record (EHR) into every U.S. citizen. This procedure would involve inserting a chip or radio frequency identification device RFID) into the individual that would contain all medical information. Access to this complete and accurate health information would help to reduce issues pertaining to patient safety and identification.
This is how the chip would work. When the patient arrives at a point-of-care, the chip would be scanned. All of the patient?s health information would be uploaded into the provider?s health information system (HIS). During the encounter, new information would be stored in the HIS. When the patient is discharged, the patient?s up-to-date health information would be uploaded from the HIS onto the patient?s implanted chip.
You have been invited to a round table discussion of the pros and cons of implanting a chip into a patient to store an EHR. You conduct an analysis of this technology by exploring the HealthCare IT News site at http://www.healthcareitnews.com/ and investigate other sources on the internet and in the current literature. You discover there are companies currently producing chips. Read their marketing information for additional insight.
DIRECTIONS
1. You are to research, compose and type a scholarly paper based on the scenario described above.
2. Use Microsoft Word and APA formatting.
3. The length of the paper should be 2-3 pages, excluding the title page and the reference page. Limit the references to 3-4 key sources.
4. The paper is to contain an Introduction that catches the attention of the reader with interesting facts and supporting sources of evidence, which should be included as in-text citations). The Body of Analysis should present the pros and cons regarding implanting the chip. The Conclusion and Recommendations should summarize your findings and state your position regarding whether the chip should be implanted. Make your case based on the evidence you have collected.
PLEASE include references AND Title page.
Thanks.

Essay Instructions: As a nurse, you can have a great impact on the success or failure of the adoption of EHRs. It is important for nurses to understand their role as change agents and the ways they can influence others when addressing the challenges of changing to a drastically different way of doing things.
Everett Rogers, a pioneer in the field of the diffusion of innovations, identified five qualities that determine individual attitudes towards adopting new technology (2003). He theorized that individuals are concerned with:

? Relative advantage: The individual adopting the new innovation must see how it will be an improvement over the old way of doing things.
? Compatibility with existing values and practices: The adopter must understand how the new innovation aligns with current practices.
? Simplicity: The adopter must believe he or she can easily master the new technology; the more difficult learning the new system appears, the greater the resistance that will occur.
? Trialability: The adopter should have the opportunity to ?play around? with the new technology and explore its capabilities.
? Observable results: The adopter must have evidence that the proposed innovation has been successful in other situations.


For this Assignment, you assume the role of a nurse facilitator in a small hospital in upstate New York. You have been part of a team preparing for the implementation of a new electronic health records system. Decisions as to the program that will be used have been finalized, and you are now tasked with preparing the nurses for the new system. There has been an undercurrent of resistance expressed by nurses, and you must respond to their concerns. You have a meeting scheduled with the nurses 1 week prior to the training on the new EHR system. Consider how you can use the five qualities outlined by Rogers (2003) to assist in preparing the nurses for the upcoming implementation.
To prepare:
? Review the Learning Resources this week about successful implementations of EHRs.
? Consider how you would present the new EHR system to the nurses to win their approval.
? Reflect on the five qualities outlined by Rogers. How would addressing each of those areas improve the likelihood of success?
To complete:
Write a 3- to 5-page paper which includes the following:
? Using Rogers? (2003) theory as a foundation, outline how you would approach the meeting with the nurses. Be specific as to the types of information or activities you could provide to address each area and include how you would respond to resistance.
? Analyze the role of nurses as change agents in facilitating the adoption of new technology.
The five qualities are listed above. The paper needs resources please stay on task very important paper WRITE ME for any unclear details because if I snt correct I will request a rewrite.

This needs to be one of the resources please be sure to include
Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.

Essay Instructions: In this assignment, you will compose a four page paper discussing how the ONC - Coordinated Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan is being implemented at your place of employment. A copy of the ONC - Coordinated Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan can be located under the Week 4 Readings folder.

Learning Objectives:
use an ethical framework to evaluate the impact of social policies on health care, especially for vulnerable populations
examine patient confidentiality in relation to electronic health records (EHRs) and personal health records (PHRs)

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

The title of the paper is Electronic Health Records..(EHR)..... MUST use APA 6th edition. Paper is to be 4 pages long and must have ALL the following information in the paper.

1)ARTICULATE THE EHR MANDATE.......THE STUDENT CLEARLY AND SUCCINCTLY SUMMARIZE THE EHR MANDATE.


2) DESCRIBE CURRENT PLAN AT YOUR HEALTHCARE FACILITY.....STUDENT THOROUGHLY DESCRIBES PLAN AND STATES WITH MULTIPLE EXAMPLES TO
CLARIFY MEANING


3) ANALYZE YOUR FACILITY'S PROGRESS....STUDENT THOROUGHLY DESCRIBES PLAN AND PROGRESS WITH MULTIPLE EXAMPLES TO CLARIFY MEANING.


4) ANALYZE CHALLENGES.....STUDENT THOROUGHLY DESCRIBES CHALLENGES TO BOTH CONFIDENTIALITY ANS SELF DETERMINATION; PROVIDES
MULTIPLE EXAMPLES TO CLARIFY MEANING.

Essay Instructions: Week 9 discussion
HITECH Legislation
In order for organizations to receive the incentives offered through the HITECH legislation, they must be able to demonstrate that they are using the technology in meaningful ways. The following criteria for meaningful use must be evident to qualify for EHR incentives (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2012). The technology must:
? Improve quality, safety, and efficiency, and reduce health disparities
? Engage patients and families
? Improve care coordination
? Improve population and public health
? Ensure adequate privacy and security protections for personal health information
For this Discussion you consider the impact of the meaningful use criteria of the HITECH legislation on the adoption of health information technology.
To prepare:
? Review the Learning Resources on the HITECH legislation and its primary goals.
? Reflect on the positive and negative impact this legislation has had on your organization or one with which you are familiar.
? Consider the incentives to encourage the use of EHRs. Focus on the definition of meaningful use and how it is measured.
? Reflect on how the incentives and meaningful use impact the quality of patient care.
? Find an article in the Walden Library dealing with one of the criteria to qualify for meaningful use and how it has been successfully met.
Post on or before Day 3 a description of how HITECH legislation has positively or negatively impacted your organization. Address how its related incentives influence the adoption of health information technology in health care and impact the quality of patient care. Provide a summary of the article you identified and explain how it demonstrates the ability of health information technology to meet the requirements of meaningful use.
? Arlotto, P. (2010). 7 strategies for improving HITECH readiness. hfm(Healthcare Financial Management), 64(11), 90?96. ?Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.??This article reviews seven strategies to help prepare for the implementation of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). The central point of the article focuses on demonstrating meaningful use of electronic health records.
? Brown, B. (2010). The final rules for meaningful use of EHRs. Journal of Health Care Compliance, 12(5), 49?50. ?Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. ??In this article, the author poses four questions pertaining to the EHR system in the United States. In particular, the article examines Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments and the ways the meaningful use of certified EHRs will be verified.