This longer written project is designed to give you the opportunity to select an electronic health record, identifying and discussing its key features. As part of this project, you will research your chosen software’s functions and how it works. The paper should critically analyze your findings. Specifically, the paper should offer the following information and address these issues:

• Name of the product
• Uses of the product
• Integration to other information systems
• User friendliness of data entry and data retrieval
• Benefits of this particular software over similar types of software
• The implementation process you would use to implement the EHR
• Other issues as identified by instructor

COURSE PROJECT

Research your chosen software’s functions and how it works, and critically analyze your findings.

Guidelines

Specifically, the paper should offer the following information and address these issues:

• Name of the product
• Uses of the product
• Integration with other information systems
• User friendliness of data entry and data retrieval
• Benefits of this particular software over similar types of software
• The implementation process you would use to implement the EHR
• Critically analyze your findings

Other Content Suggestions:

• Terminology
• Philosophical views of the EHR
• Advantages
  • Reduction of cost
  • Improved quality of care
  • Promote evidence-based medicine
  • Record keeping and mobility
• Disadvantages
  • Costs
  • Time
• Governance, privacy, and legal issues
  • Privacy concerns
  • Legal issues
    • Liability
    • Legal interoperability
  • Regulatory compliance
• Technical Issues
  • Standards
    • Open specifications
    • Customization
  • Long-term preservation and storage of records
  • Synchronization of records
• E-health and tele-radiology

Other Guidelines:

• Papers must be 1215 pages in length, (this would be roughly one page per area included in the report), 12-point font, double-spaced, including a cover page, table of contents, introduction, and body of the report, summary or conclusion, and works cited.
• Even though this is not a scientific writing assignment and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. At least six authoritative, outside references are required (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable). These should be listed on the last page, titled Works Cited.
• Appropriate citations are required.
• This paper is worth 200 total points and will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar and sentence structure.

Grading Rubrics

Best Practices

The following are best practices in preparing this paper.

• • Cover Page: Include who you prepared the paper for, who prepared it, and the date.
  • Table of Contents: List the main ideas and section of your paper and the pages in which they are located. The illustrations should be included separately.
  • Introduction: Use a header on your paper. This will indicate that you are introducing your paper.

• • The purpose of an introduction or opening:

1. Introduce the subject and why it is important.
2. Preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be covered.
3. Establish the tone of the document.

• • Include in the introduction a reason for the audience to read the paper. Also, include an overview of what you are going to cover in your paper and the importance of the material. (This should include or introduce the questions you are asked to answer on each assignment.)

• Body of Your ReportUse a header titled with the name of your project. Example: The Development of Hotel X: A World Class Resort. Then proceed to break out the main ideas. State the main ideas, state major points in each idea, and provide evidence. Break out each main idea you will use in the body of your paper. Show some type of division like separate sections that are labeled; separate group of paragraphs; or headers. You would include the information you found during your research and investigation.
• Summary and ConclusionSummarizing is similar to paraphrasing but presents the gist of the material in fewer words than the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major support points from the body of your report. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the topic.
• Work CitedUse the citation format as specified in the Syllabus.