Assignment: EHR Applications Health Information Management Systems
Description
Step One: Write a 2-3 page paper with 2 references that includes, but is not limited to, the following items:
1. Why are organizations moving toward implementation of data warehouses? What are the benefits of data warehouses?
2. What issues need to be considered by an organization before and during data warehouse development?
3. What is a data dictionary and how does it relate to a data warehouse?
4. What is a data model and how does it relate to a data warehouse?
5. How is data mining used in conjunction with a data warehouse?
6. What are the benefits of data mining?
7. What role should HIM professionals play in data warehouse development and maintenance?
8. Search the AHIMA website for articles related to data warehouse and data mining?
Step Two: Data warehouse development - system justification table.
Your facility is developing a data warehouse and you have been asked to determine which of your current systems should be included in the warehouse. The systems administrator has indicated that the plan is to use this data warehouse for business, research, and clinical data analysis. It will be used to identify which providers make/lose money for the facility, determine the most profitable services, and analyze the best practices in patient care.
Using the following table to:
System Justification for Data Warehouse
System
Include (Yes/No)
Justification
Patient Satisfaction
ADT
Lab Information System
Radiology Information System
Picture Archiving System (PACS)
Nursing Information System
Fetal Monitoring
Financial Information System
Human Resource System
Patient acuity System
Chart deficiency system
Quality Indicator System
Chart Locator System
Release of Information System
1. Indicate (Yes/No) which systems you will or will not include in the data warehouse.
2. Provide a short (1-3 sentences) justification for each system, that states why or why not you would want to include it.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.