Week 10 Assignment: Case Study

Student Name Wendy Maughan

Class CMP105.03 Introduction to Informatics
Maximum Points 60

Maximum
Graded Item No Progress Introductory Emergent Proficient Mastery
Points

Name on title slide of

PowerPoint presentation 5 0 2 3 4 5

Identifies two or more issues

with existing system 10 0 3 5 7 10

Indicates appropriate “work-a-

around” solutions when using 10 0 3 5 7 10
existing system

Provides overview of standard

language used only in nursing
from provided list; meets 10 0 3 5 7 10
criteria expectations
Provides overview of a
multidisciplinary standard
language from provided list; 10 0 3 5 7 10
meets criteria expectations
Creates a set of five (5) open-
ended survey questions to elicit 10 0 3 5 7 10
staff input

Presentation is free of spelling

and grammar errors. 5 0 2 3 4 5

Deductions (late assignment)

Wendy - I would like to see more depth for "overview of nursing and
multidisciplinary standard language". You can provide that quality by using
examples and by expanding your research to include more sources. The point
here is not to merely add more words but to consider new ideas or viewpoints
that add value to your work.

We failed to include the list of references for this assignment. Kindly make sure
to expand your research. When you do that, you add more value to your paper.
The point here is that you consider several points-of-view, and that allows you to
Feedback by Dr. Flores
craft a more comprehensive paper.

As we consider workarounds, it’s important to know that any electronic system

will have flaws, and some are caused by operator error. Regardless, there must
known workarounds by which to complete the work requirements when issues
arise.
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No Progress Student fails to understand the requirements of the assignment.

Introductory Student has a general understanding of the requirements.
Emergent Student demonstrates the ability to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Student has a clear understanding of how to apply the knowledge in the workplace,
Proficient as shown by examples.
Student conducts extensive research, leveraging that knowledge with practical examples,
Mastery and augments with original ideas.
 Assignment Overview
This assignment is intended to demonstrate your comprehension of the primary applications of health
informatics in healthcare organizations as well as your familiarity with the various informatics applications
such as electronic health records (EHR) and telemedicine.
For this assignment, you will read a case study that examines issues concerned with data standardization in
informatics. Based on the scenario described in the case study, you will create a presentation related to
informatics education and training.
Your Score
Case Study
A small community hospital in the Midwest has used a homegrown information system for years. The
system began in the early 1970s with a financial module. Over time, additional modules were added. A
5 limited number of departments selected a commercial system and interfaces were used to integrate these
into the overall functionality of the hospital information system. Except for physicians, most in-house
clinical or care-related documentation is online. However, about 15% to 20% of this documentation is done
10 by free text and is not effectively searchable. In addition, the screens, including the drop-down and default
values, were built using terms selected by the in-house development team in consultation with clinical
staff; thus there is no data dictionary or specific standard language. In the last few years, the hospital has
purchased two outpatient clinics (obstetrics and mental health) and a number of local doctor practices. The
10 clinics and doctors’ offices are now being converted to the hospital administrative systems. A few of the
clinical applications that are tied directly to the administrative systems such as order entry and results
reporting are also being installed.
A major change is being planned. A new chief information officer (CIO) was hired last year and she has
appointed a chief medical information officer (CMIO) and a chief nursing information officer (CNIO). No
7 other significant staff changes were made. With her team in place, one of the CIO’s first activities was to
complete an inventory of all applications. Rather than continue to build, a decision was made to switch to a
commercial vendor and the hospital selected a commercial system.
As a member of the clinical staff with informatics education, the CIO has requested that you develop a
7 training and information presentation for the clinical staff that will:
• Identify two or more issues with the existing system
• Provide staff with appropriate “work-around” for using the existing system
• Provide an overview of two of the standard languages used within the new system including discipline or
specialty, updating frequency, and available cross-maps
10 o One standard language should pertain only to nursing
o One standard language should be multidisciplinary.
• Obtain clinical staff input, using a five-question survey, of specific methods to support transition to the
4 new system; questions should be open-ended.
 
PowerPoint Presentation
0 Directions:
1. Review the case study.
2. Download the provided PowerPoint template to create a presentation that includes:
• Your name on the title slide of the presentation
• Identification of two or more issues with existing system
• Identification of “work-a-round” solutions when using existing system
• Overview of standard language used only in nursing
• Overview of multidisciplinary standard language
• Set of five (5) open-ended survey questions for staff input on transitioning to the new system
• Presentation is free of spelling and grammar errors.
2. Submit the Week 10 Assignment via Blackboard by clicking on the “Week 10 Assignment” link. Include
the proper file naming convention:
53 • CMP105_wk10_assn_jsmith_mmddyyyy.
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