Assignment: Complexities of Interoperability Paper

Assignment: Complexities of Interoperability Paper
Assignment: Complexities of Interoperability Paper
Week 8 Signature Assignment: The Complexities of Interoperability Paper and Presentation
Since the start of the Affordable Care Act, many hospital systems have chosen to merge and form strategic partnerships to help reduce cost and expand resources. You will be examining the effect of mergers on informatics, EHR’s, and interoperability.
Complete the three-system merger interactive scenario to get started.
Remember this important background information from the scenario: Three healthcare systems have decided to merge.
System A consists of one large acute care hospital with 450 beds. Services range from outpatient surgery to inpatient services for cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and chemical dependency. They have medical surgical floors, an extensive ER, and several intensive care units. They have a range of radiology and laboratory services.
System B consists of two acute care hospitals: one in the same city as System A’s acute care hospital and one in the same city as System C’s hospital. Both hospitals have approximately 150 beds. In addition to the acute care hospitals, the system also has a rehabilitation center, a cancer treatment center, 3 nursing homes, and 5 primary care offices.
System C has a 125-bed acute care facility in the same city as one of System B’s acute care hospitals. They also have approximately 10 primary care offices.
Part 1 Paper:
Compose a 7- to 8-page paper that covers information listed in the bullets below in APA format, citing a minimum of three scholarly resources in addition to course readings. Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years.
Discuss health information exchange (HIE), its importance, and the challenges faced when using it. Explore how HIE will affect this organization.
The three systems use two different electronic health records; they have decided to adopt a new EHR at all three systems after the merger. Describe interoperability and the ways this decision will affect interoperability between the facilities.
Describe the standards for communication, messaging, clinical documents, and imaging discussed throughout the course and what effect these may have on the organization.
Discuss the coding systems and considerations presented in this course and the components the organization should ensure are included when selecting or building a single EHR.
Considering this information, discuss meaningful use and in what ways you feel the organization’s decision will affect its financial stability.
Part 2 Presentation:
Prepare and present a two- to five-minute class presentation covering the material in your paper using the Kaltura recording tool. Please include a voice-over or video recording of yourself presenting your slides. See the Getting Started with Kaltura link in your main menu if you need to review how to use the tool.