Category: Health Informatics

Op-Ed Assignment criteria:
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Like a Magazine. Casual, exciting to read, not
traditional academic.
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Do not start with “this paper will…”, start with
a catchy opening sentence/topic
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Pick a topic on health informatics aka -cyber
security, AI (generative, machine learning). Different ways informatics is used
in health care like virtual care or social media (Digital technology). Electronic
health record (Interoperability, platforms for multiple care settings… as a
user, what data collected?). Social issues, politics.. Often done for advocacy for
your position and gain attention from the public.
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Pick a health care problem/issue from the lens
of health informatics.
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Can look at it from a specific perspective like EHR
or general like health media/how getting info across over media (example like
podcast usage).
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Take a stance and reflect your views accordingly.
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Write a short article in the style of editorial,
more conversational, still provide references and cite it (in text and at the
end).
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Shouldn’t look like a traditional academic paper
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Add a byline at the end— Zunaira Zaman,
Masters in nursing student, working as a supervisor in home care, history of
work in various settings, interested in/passionate about/advocate for…  (I can also just edit this part accordingly to
personalize it to myself).
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Examples included in outline
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Can be single or double spaced
Please see attached pdf of outline 

Imagine that you are a project manager with a large hospital. You are responsible for facilitating the selection of a new healthcare information system. You are asked to preview the Epic EHR, Allscripts MyWay EMR, and Waiting Room Solutions demos.
Explore all of the product modules and functions, such as the user-friendliness (interface and ease of use), patient search functionality, release of information and retrieval, record tracking, web-based standards, internet and intranet use, regulatory requirements, etc.
Create a comparison table or matrix for the various functions.
In a 2-3 page paper, provide an assessment and explanation of how product features would or would not potentially support interoperability and basic integration standards.
Provide a recommendation for a new healthcare information system based on your assessment of each product.
Your paper should be in APA format.
Submit the comparison table and paper.
Resources
Waiting Room Solutions. Go to youtube and search “Waiting Room Solutions Demo” to view this product.
Allscripts MyWay EMR. Go to youtube and search “Allscripts Demo” to view this product.

Instructions:
As a health informatics consultant, you have been asked to research clinical decision support (CDS) tools for a local health organization. With the Advancing Care Information Program and the increasing need to provide increased care value, the appropriate use of CDS is an institutional priority. The current CDS available at the institution consists primarily of off-the-shelf drug interaction and drug-allergy alerting, which is the source of significant clinician complaints due to the rate of false-positive alerts.
You have been asked to evaluate the current system and devise a strategic plan for CDS for the organization. You will create a presentation that covers the following criteria:
Introduction & Objectives
Identify the key evaluation question for this project.
Describe the stakeholders.
Identify & Describe CDS Tools.
Describe the benefits of using CDS and how it supports decision making.
Describe the approaches you would use to ensure that all aspects of patient care were considered when developing a CDS system.
Discuss how you would prioritize the efforts of your CDS team.
What theory is most appropriate; why? (Change theory, system theory, information theory and learning theory)
Requirements
Your presentation should be 10 content slides and be in your own words.
You should include at least five peer-reviewed sources.
Your presentation should be in APA format.
You will present your presentation using Screencast-O-Matic, YouTube, Screencastify or similar applications.
Your presentation should be no longer than 10 minutes.