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HIM Systems and Stakeholders

Complete a Vila Health interactive simulation in which you will identify the health information and management systems in use within a hospital and examine the roles of key hospital personnel and system stakeholders. Then, develop a stakeholder matrix that includes a 2–3-paragraph overview of your findings.

Note: The assessments in this course build upon the work you have completed in the previous assessments. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in the order in which they are presented.

From billing and coding specialists to IT professionals, the field of health informatics encompasses a wide range of professionals. As the field grows, clinical and administrative health care professionals will also need to assume roles related to health information. The future of health informatics requires that professionals in the field have a strong understanding of technology needs, regulations, and implementation requirements. Health information managers must be knowledgeable about the roles and responsibilities of various health information professionals in their settings.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the health information management systems in use within a hospital and analyze the roles of key personnel and stakeholders.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

· Competency 1: Articulate the impact of internal and external environmental changes in health care organizations related to use of technology.

· Analyze the effects of advances in technology on the health care environment.

· Explain how external and internal changes in the health care environment, related to health informatics, create challenges for health care managers.

· Competency 2: Differentiate among the roles and responsibilities of health care information management systems professionals within the organizational structures in which they work.

· Differentiate among the roles and responsibilities of HIM professionals.

· Identify HIM system stakeholders.

· Match the different HIM system functions with the correct departments and professionals.

· Competency 6: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.

· Write clearly and concisely, using correct grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.

Resources

Templates

· Stakeholder Matrix [DOCX].

· Use this template to document your findings from the multimedia simulation.

Required Resources

The following resources are required to complete the assessment.

· Vila Health: Systems and Stakeholders | Transcript.

· This multimedia simulation will enable you to identify the health information management systems (HIM) in use within a hospital and analyze the roles of key hospital personnel and system stakeholders.

Suggested Resources

The resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid. The MHA-FP5062 Health Care Delivery: New Environments in Health Informatics Library Guide can help direct your research, and the Supplemental Resources and Research Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom, provide additional resources to help support you.

HIM System Implementation

The following articles provide useful insight into HIM system implementations that will inform your review of HIM systems and your analysis of the roles of key personnel and stakeholders in the organization.

· Adler-Milstein, J., Everson, J., & Lee, S. D. (2015). EHR adoption and hospital performance: Time-related effects. Health Services Research, 50(6), 1751–1771.

· Examines the relationship between EHR adoption and hospital performance outcomes.

· Deokar, A. V., & Sarnikar, S. (2016). Understanding process change management in electronic health record implementations. Information Systems and eBusiness Management, 14(4), 733–766.

· Describes the relationship between process change issues and the implementation of large IT projects.

· Kowalski, C. (2015). Healthcare moving toward an ‘information ecosystem’. Journal of AHIMA, 86(5), 54–56.

· Addresses the concept of an “information ecosystem” within the context of an informatics-driven health care environment.

· Pouloudi, N., Currie, W., & Whitley, E. A. (2016). Entangled stakeholder roles and perceptions in health information systems: A longitudinal study of the U.K. NHS N3 network. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 17(2), 107–161.

· Examines how stakeholder roles and perceptions change over time and their effects on policy and implementation of a health IT program.

Writing Resources

You are encouraged to explore the following writing resources. You can use them to improve your writing skills and as source materials for seeking answers to specific questions.

· APA Module.

· Academic Honesty & APA Style and Formatting.

· APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX].

Library Resources

· Journal and Book Locator.

· Journal and Book Locator Library Guide.

· Interlibrary Loan.

· Assessment Instructions

Note: This assessment will support your work in Assessments 3 and 4. Therefore, complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Preparation

In this assessment, you will assume the role of a mid-level administrator within the Vila Health system. Vila Health is a medium-sized system of health operating facilities in the Minnesota and Wisconsin area. They have recently acquired two smaller systems: Delaware County Regional Health System and Red River Rural Health System.

As a member of the transition team, you have been asked to review the current health information management (HIM) systems at Independence Medical Center—the largest hospital among the new acquisitions—and analyze the roles of key personnel and stakeholders.

Complete the Vila Health: Systems and Stakeholders interactive simulation, linked in the Resources. Familiarize yourself with the organization and the people within it who have a stake in the creation, use, and protection of health data.

Requirements

Identify the health information management systems in use within the hospital and analyze the roles of key personnel and stakeholders. Investigate the personnel and stakeholders in each department that use health information technology. In your position, you will need to know whom to talk with to find out who does what, who has control of which resources, and who can give you the information you will need.

Use the Stakeholder Matrix template, linked in the Resources, to document your findings.

Note: Remember that you can submit all—or a portion of—your draft stakeholder matrix to Smarthinking for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.