MSN 6218 Unit 6 DQ1 Health Information Exchanges

MSN 6218 Unit 6 DQ1 Health Information Exchanges

Better
access to patient medical data by health care providers and their patients can
improve the quality and safety of care and lower costs. Digital technologies
and the advent of HIEs enable electronic information sharing that helps solve
this problem, but building a secure and interoperable nationwide network of
independent exchanges presents numerous challenges.

Choose two
of the following five issues that you feel have a significant impact on the
federal government’s goal of an efficient network of HIEs that permit sharing
of patients’ medical data among all health care providers nationwide.

Technology.

Interoperability.

Funding
(public and private).

Competition.

Policies
and procedures.

Privacy and
security.

Then
complete the following:

Explain why
you consider these issues to be important.

What actions
should be taken to address these issues?

What are
the implications for providers and patients of not resolving these issues?

What
evidence supports your conclusions about the importance of these issues,
proposed actions, and the implications of resolving or not resolving these
issues?

Note:
Remember to adhere to the requirements listed in the Faculty Expectations
Message for unit discussion posts and peer responses.

Response
Guidelines

In
responding to a colleague’s post, consider the following questions:

What
assumptions underlie your colleague’s position on the issues addressed in their
post?

What
sources can you cite that offer a different perspective on the issues? For
example, consider the point of view of a leader in a private HIE.

What
additional sources can you cite that lend support to your colleague’s position?

Learning
Components

This
activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify
applicable health benchmarks or goals.

Identify
existing health care policies and their effects on current and future outcomes.

Identify
the reasons for policy change.

Identify
the various types of policies that can affect the provision of health care and
patient outcomes.

Resources

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.

Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.

One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.

I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.

In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.

Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).

Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).

Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.

I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.

As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.

It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

Lopes Write Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to Lopes Write, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.

Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.

Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?

Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.