Capella HIM4650 Assignments Latest 2022 June (Full)

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 1 Assignment  

EHR Orientation

Complete the EHR Orientation, and submit your downloaded Progress Report. Your submission will be graded against the following checklist items:

Access an EHR system.

Locate patient data and details.

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 2 Assignment  

CDS Functions, Users, and Patient Outcomes

Imagine that you are a newly appointed Data Analyst. To create a solid foundation for the implementation of a CDS system or intervention, you set out to explore CDS functions and CDS users. You must understand the users because they are critical to system acceptance, resolution of system issues, and other performance strategies. This activity focuses on what the EHR can do and explores clinical decision support functions and alert features. In addition, you will see how CDS functions can be used in improving health care outcomes.

Instructions

Complete the activity The Power of the EHR for CDS.

Your completed activity must meet the following criteria:

Identify the differences between coded and non-coded data entry.

Identify the differences between structured and unstructured data entry.

Evaluate the clinical implications of structured versus unstructured data entry in the EHR.

Describe the functions of CDS systems.

Describe users of CDS systems.

Explain how clinical decision support functions contribute to patients’ outcomes.

Submission Requirements

Format: Download and submit your work from the activity.

Writing: Communicate in writing that is clear and generally free from grammatical errors.

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 3 Assignment  

Editing and Extracting Patient Data

As a data analyst, part of your role will be to identify entry errors in patient records and understand their impact on decision support. In this activity, you will practice editing patient information and reflect on the implications of errors on the availability of patient data for clinical decision support.

Instructions

Complete the activity Editing and Extracting Patient Data. Download your results and submit them as your assignment.

Your submission will be graded according to the following criteria:

Edit patient information accurately.

Add a note to explain how editing patient information can affect the extraction of data for clinical decision support.

Submission Requirements

Format: Download and submit your work from the activity.

Writing: Communicate in writing that is clear and generally free from grammatical errors.

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 4 Assignment  

Record Deficiencies

In this assignment, you will review data in a patient chart in detail and use critical thinking skills to determine what is present, deficient, incorrect, or incomplete in the patient chart. You will also review how chart deficiencies could be caused by the use of CDS systems.

Instructions

Complete the activity Record Deficiencies.

Your completed activity must meet the following criteria:

Recognize incomplete or missing data in the patient chart.

Identify potential risks and benefits that might be associated with a CDS systems.

Recommend potential strategies for maximizing the benefits you identified.

Recommend potential strategies for minimizing the risks you identified.

Explain how chart inaccuracies impact patient care and clinical decision-making.

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 5 Assignment  

Data Mining and CDS Functions

In your role as a data analyst, you will respond to the clinical management team's interest in the use of data mining with CDS system functions. Data mining is a process of discovering and extracting patterns within a set of data.  The main goal of data mining is to transform data into meaningful information, typically for decision-making purposes. Identifying patterns within data can help provide a depiction of the data, as well as predict future behaviors or patterns. This information can be valuable in improving quality of care, reducing costs, and supporting organizational services such as disease management and resource utilization. As the data analyst, consider how to use data mining as a means of ensuring the system is up-to-date and properly functioning.

Instructions

Complete the activity Medication Report. You will enter your answers directly into the Word document and insert your medication report into the document as well. Your completed document must meet the following criteria:

Create a medication report.

Describe how EHR CDS functions help create reports based on the patient chart information.

Describe how data mining can be used to assist with measuring the accuracy and efficiency of clinical decision support systems.

Explain the role of data mining in generating reports.

Using a medication report, make a recommendation for EHR-CDS functions, as a tool to support effective clinical decision-making.

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 6 Assignment  

Verifying Orders

In this assignment, you will review how clinical decision support functions, such as CPOE, are used to enter medication orders. You will also touch on the consequences of inaccurate CPOE entries and the use of guidelines for order entries.

Instructions

Complete the EHR activity Verifying Orders.  Your completed assignment must meet the following criterion.

Apply EHR and CDS functions to assess potential contraindications and information about warnings and precautions.

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 7 Assignment  

Risks and Clinical Warnings

This activity will explore legal risks and benefits of clinical decision support. You will review clinical alerts as CDS functions, as well as adverse drug reaction reports (ADRs) and how they may be used to establish standards and guidelines for physicians. These reports can also be used to support the medical staff credentialing and re-credentialing process. 

Instructions

Complete the activity Risks and Clinical Warnings, in which you consider the actions of a physician, demonstrate documentation in an EHR, and make recommendations for physician performance requirements in relation to using EHR clinical decision functions. The recommendations and standards should coincide with physician order entry, medication warnings, and alerts.

Your completed activity must meet the following criteria:

Recognize threats to security as it relates to the internet, cybersecurity, and mobile devices.

Identify when a patient's health information may be shared without written consent.

Describe strategies for developing new standards and guidelines to protect electronically accessible health information.

Describe the potential legal benefits, risks, and patient privacy issues in implementing a CDS system.

Describe the role that clinicians play in overriding information provided by a CDS system.

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 8 Assignment  

Meaningful Use and Provider Performance

This activity has been developed as an introduction to Meaningful Use and its application in the electronic health record. The focus is on the relevance of Meaningful Use to members of the health care team in the hospital setting. Using a chart in the EHR, you will compare the chart to the Core Objectives for Hospital Measures. You will also encounter measures used to establish benefits of clinical decision support and provider performance.

Instructions

Complete the activity Meaningful Use and Provider Performance. Follow directions to complete a table in the Word document and create notes in the EHR. You will save and close your session, then download the Progress Report and insert it into the Word document for submission. Your completed work must meet the following criteria:

Compare patient charts to the Core Hospital Performance Measures.

Apply EHR and CDS functions to assess meaningful use and provider performance.

HIM4650 Decision Support and Quality Management in Health Information Management.

Unit 9 Assignment  

Performance Improvement and Best Practices

You have been asked to develop an outline for a performance improvement program to support best practices, guidelines, and the use of CDS functions. You will use a performance improvement model to analyze EHR chart accuracy and quality as you prepare your outline.

Instructions

Complete the activity EHR and PDCA.

Your completed assignment should meet the following criteria:

Retrieve data from a patient chart.

Describe the relationship between provider performance and patient outcomes.

Apply the EHR in a performance improvement process.

Establish the use of EHR CDS functions as a best practice.

Outline best practices based on application of a performance improvement model.