This assignment meets the following program outcomes, course outcomes, and standards
| COURSE OUTCOMES | CURRICULUM THREADS | PROGRAM OUTCOMES | AACN ESSENTIALS | QSEN | IOM |
| 1. Analyze the role of informatics in health care 2. Analyze the impact of informatic on nursing. 3. Analyze information systems used in health care delivery. 6. Analyze the use of electronic health records. 12. Determine the relationship between informatics and patient outcomes. | Communications, EBP, Critical Decision-making Communications, EBP, Critical Decision-making Communications, EBP, Critical Decision-making Communications, EBP, Critical Decision-making Nursing profession, Communication | 3. Integrate information technology, communication, and patient education into practice with clients, families, groups, and populations and the interdisciplinary team. |
This assignment supports the following lesson objective:
- Describe computer and information systems in health care
Assignment Overview
In this writing assignment, you will describe computer and information systems in health care. You can access the grading rubric for this assignment here: Writing Rubric
Deliverables
- A three- to four-page (750-1000-word) paper
Assignment Details
Perform the following tasks:
Step 1: Reflect upon computer experience.
Think about your own experience with computer and information systems in health care. This may be a current employer, past employer, or clinical site.
Step 2: Analyze information systems in your workplace.
Write a one- to two-page (500-word) paper in which you answer the following questions:
- What does your unit use health care informatics for?
- Specifically, what type of data, information, and knowledge does you unit obtain through the use of health care informatics?
- What type of hardware does your unit use?
- What types of software does your unit use?
- Does the facility have an intranet? If so, what is it used for?
- In what ways does your unit use electronic documentation? If you currently do not use electronic documentation, describe your unit’s future plans for implementing electronic documentation.
- What type of standardized terminology do you use in your practice?
Step 3: Save and submit your assignment.
When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor using the dropbox.
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HEALTH CARE |
| CONTENT AREA | UNACCEPTABLE 0 points | BELOW AVERAGE | AVERAGE | ABOVE AVERAGE | EXEMPLAR |
| 1. Title and Abstract: does not exceed 150 words. (Total 5 points) | Title or Abstract omitted or inappropriate. | Abstract present but omits the purpose. (1.25 points) | Appropriate Details but missing issue or variable or context of discussion. (2.50 points) | Title and abstract reflect the issues and content of the paper. (3.75 points) | Informative title and abstract; focused information about the topic: reflection, strategies, and post implementation strategy (5.0 pts.) |
| 2. Introduction: Reflect on your encounter with HISs in a clinical setting and its use (Total 5 pts.) | Identifies importance of topic, does not address what is to be discussed in the paper. | Identifies importance, presents a general statement of what paper covers (1.25 points) | Identifies importance, components to be addressed in the paper are generally presented. (2.50 points) | Identifies importance, components to be addressed in the paper are clear and specific (3.75 points) | Identifies importance, components to be addressed in the paper are clear, specific, and establish relevance. (5.0 points) |
| 3. Identified type of data, information, and support tools is available in your system. (Total 20 points) | Does not identify data, information, or supports tools available. | Identifies types of data available on the system only. (5pts.) | Identifies 2 of the 3 components, their value to client care. (10 points) | Identifies 3 component and value to client care, (15 points) | Identifies 3 components, value to client care, employee, and ease of use. (20 points) |
| 4. Describes the type of hardware and software used in your system (Total 20 points) | Does not describe the hardware and software used. | Identifies the hardware or software used but not both. (5 points) | Describes the hardware or software used and its ease of use. (10 points) | Describes both hardware and software, its ease of use. (15 points) | Describes both hardware and software, its ease of use, and value to clinical practice (20 points) |
| 5. Describes the intranet and its use. (Total 20 points) | Does not identify if intranet exists for workplace. | Identifies existence of intranet (5 points) | Identifies intranet existence and at least 1 use. (10 points) | Identifies intranet existence ad 2-3 uses. (15 points) | Identifies intranet existence, its uses, value, and ease of use. (20 points) |
| 6. Describe electronic documentation used or proposed to be used and standardized terminology (Total 20 points) | Does not address the EHR or terminology/abbreviation used. | Identifies the EHR used and its ease of use. (5 points) | Identifies the EHR, uses, ease of use, and challenges. (10 points) | Identifies the EHR, ease of use, challenges, standardized terminology. (15 points) | Identifies the EHR, ease of use, challenges, standardized terminology, support for client care OR Proposed implementation if not in use now. (20 points) |
| 6. Manuscript: APA format; sentence structure; spelling; organization and presentation. (Total Points 10) | >5 spelling errors, poor sentence structure, lack of organization; failure to follow APA guidelines | ≤4 spelling errors, poor sentence structure or lack of organization; inappropriate or incomplete APA citation or and format (2 points). | ≤ 3 spelling errors, some sentence structure problems, organized, some APA and format errors. (Total Points 5 Points) | ≤ 3 spelling errors, good sentence structure and organization and with 1-2 APA format errors. (Total Points 8) | 1 or less spelling errors, excellent sentence, paragraph structure; APA guidelines appropriate citations, 3 references, headings, contents, pagination, headers, etc. (Total Points 10) |
| TOTAL POINTS 100 Pts. |
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