Other : Advanced Health Informatics

As the Office Manager for a large physician practice, you are charged with leading the implementation of a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for the entire practice. You want to create a presentation that illustrates how health information exchange works and how it can be used to assist in the transition to the EHR. To begin your presentation, explain how paper medical records are managed at the clinic currently. Explain how the EHR will improve operations. Research how your…

Research the Health Information Exchange (HIE) for your state: http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/state-health-information-exchange. Did your state receive a Health Information Exchange Challenge award? Explain the criteria and activities that the states had to demonstrate to become an award recipient.

Instructions Write a 2 page paper that describes the basics of healthcare informatics. Include a cover page and reference page (not counted in the 2 page requirement). Be sure to include in-text citations to support your writing and give credit to your sources. Requirements Definition and explanation of the importance of medical informatics. Medical informatics’ impact on the quality of care. Potential problems with quality of care and information systems implementations. Description of how medical informatics seeks to solve quality…