Each patient-provider encounter provides an opportunity to collect data that is of clinical, financial, and managerial value. In thisApplication, you will design a simple database. As you do this, keep in mind that not all data fields are equal. A form that collects data forhigh blood pressure should give an alert if the heart rate is too high. Depending on the disease in question, one field could change thetreatment. Consider also, that subjective elements drive treatment in many cases. The same heart rate could mean something different for anolder person versus a younger person. These subjective elements make it difficult to design standard forms because you have to be conscious ofinteractions of factors.To prepare for this Application, read Chapter 2, Health Care Data Quality from your course text, Health Care Information Systems: A PracticalApproach for Health Care Management.Search the Internet for more information on how to ensure data quality, such as can be found at American Health Information ManagementAssociation (AHIMA).
Explore the supplemental video, Electronic Medical Record.
For this assignment, create a table that examines one disease state, such as hypertension or diabetes. The table should include at least 30different data fields pertaining to the patients demographics, financials, and disease. Fields might include general information such as weightand height, and specific information to the particular disease. You can use the Sample Form as a basis for creating your table.Keep in mind that not all data fields should be treated the same and different data types can be entered for each field, such as text, image,numerical, etc. Identify the data types for each field.In 12 paragraphs written in APA style, identify 34 specific alert and triggering mechanisms. These may be used in the event that data of atime sensitive or clinically sensitive nature would be entered, such as a very high heart rate or fraudulent insurance identification number.In an additional 23 paragraphs, describe the 10 characteristics of data quality of the American Health Information Management Association(AHIMA). Pick five of these characteristics and describe what the consequences could be in the event of non-compliance for the data fields thatyou chose for this assignment.
Resources Overview
During Week 2, you will use a variety of resources, both required and supplemental, including the course text, Web resources, and a video. TheWeekly Schedule (a navigation link under Week 2) outlines the resources you will need to participate in the Discussion and complete theApplication and Group Project.
This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this weeks assigned Learning Resources.To access select media resources, please use the media players below.
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Media
Video: Week 2 Overview
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 21 minutes.
This video provides an introduction to the weeks resources and assignments.
ReadingCourse Text: Wager, K. A., Lee, F. W., &Glasser, J. P. (2013). Health care information systems: A practical approach for health care management(3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Chapter 2, Health Care Data Quality
Chapter 2 discusses how to ensure the quality of data through the use of information technology. Ten characteristics of data quality arepresented as well as strategies to prevent, detect, and fix errors.
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Web Resource
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)This Web site provides a data quality management model. AHIMA identified four key processes to improve the quality of data, information andknowledge within the health care system. Explore this Web site to find out about the 10 characteristics data should have and how to ensure dataquality especially when integrating multiple systems.
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Web Resource
EHR, EMR, and PHR
The key difference between an electronic health record (EHR) and an electronic medical record (EMR) is that an EHR provides interoperability. Itallows data to be shared among providers. This Web site explores the differences and the value of an electronic personal health record (PHR).
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Web Resource
Electronic Medical Record Screenshots
View the different screenshots of forms from a sample EMR. From this site, you can also explore how an EMR functions from a clients perspectiveby clicking on Test Drive.
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Media
Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.). Electronic medical record [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.eduNote: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.Dr. Vincent Grasso discusses three situationsradiology, cardiology, and cancerin which data is gathered. The analytical components that drivedecisions about what to do with such data and how to devise medical treatment are discussed. The critical piece is the medical context. Dr.Grasso discusses the combinations of factors and how those drive treatment decisions and the abilities and shortcomings of software tofacilitate those.Accessible player
Rubrics
Rubrics in Table FormatWeek 2 Application: Disease State Assessment Rubric
(4 Points) Exceptional, complete, clear, exceeds performance indicators
(3 Points) Excellent, complete, meets performance indicators
(2 Points) Approaching performance indicators, missing some detail, not fully developed
(1 Point) Developing competence, vague, weak, needs more detail
(0 Points) Not present
Points Earned
Disease StateThe submission identifies the disease state of the EMR.
Table FieldsThe submission includes at least 30 pertinent data fields for the disease state.
Field TypesThe table includes the type of data for each field.
Alert and Triggering MechanismsThe submission identifies 34 alert and triggering mechanisms.
Data QualityThe submission describes the 10 characteristics of data quality and the consequences of non-compliance for the data fields chosen.
Form and StyleThe report is written in APA style, with consistent style and flow.