Assignment 1: Essay Assessment name: Essay Your task is: This practical assignment is designed to enhance the students understanding of the complexity of the health information environment. As a consultant in the health sector you have been asked to undertake an assessment of Australia’s national health information system. You have been asked to use the Health Information System Rapid Assessment Tool. Your task: 1. Familiarise yourself with the assessment tool (which is available as an attachment to this document). 2. Undertake an assessment of Australia’s health information system by working your way through the questions in each of the components within the assessment tool. You will need to provide a yes or no response in each of the columns for Present, Functioning, Adequate, and Sustainable. In order to answer these questions you will need to undertake research to find sources that support your claims. 3. You will need to compile a list of references as you progress to assist in supporting your claims. Utilise the Reference(s) in support of claim column to indicate the references that supports the assessment. It is likely that one reference may support a number of questions in the tool. 4. Once the assessment is done, you then need to provide a report that highlights to the reader: a. Current status of Australia’s health information system b. Areas for improvement to Australia’s health information system. Relates to Learning Outcomes: 1-7 Length: €¢ Business report format 3000 words maximum length €“ use of headings and subheadings to structure the paper.. €¢ A completed Attachment A included as an attachment. €¢ Proper and consistent academic referencing convention both within the text of the assignment and a compiled list of references at the end of the paper must be provided. €¢ Please note QUT rules on plagiarism €“ the responses must be based on the student’s own research and efforts. Weight: 50% of semester total Due date: End of Week 9 Sunday May 4, 2014 Submission procedure: Submission is online via the Blackboard site for this unit. Students should follow the guidelines set out in QUT cite|write, available as a printable PDF from www.citewrite.qut.edu.au Individual/group Individual Feedback: Students will be provided with written feedback via the criteria marking sheet and also detailed comments on an annotated copy of the electronic document. Criteria for assessment: The criteria marking sheet is a learning tool. Please ensure you have reviewed the document prior to beginning your piece of assessment to identify the key areas of focus for this item of assessment. The marking criteria can be found under the assessment tab on Blackboard.