Assignment: Electronic Health Records Analysis

Assignment: Electronic Health Records Analysis

Assignment: Electronic Health Records Analysis

Question Description
everything for directions are in the attached document. PLEASE note all of the highlighted areas, this will help with focal point and order of paper.

I. CONTENT-Written in 3rd person perspective

Introduction (Use subheading: Introduction) (¾ – 1 page)
– Introduce and clearly define a workaround

-Include substance, prevalence, stats about workarounds (or issues related to workarounds) relevant source (i.e. AHRQ, CDC, CMS, DOH)

– Why are workarounds important to acknowledge?

-Present the purpose of the paper – LAST sentence in this section should state: The purpose of this paper is to…

The Workaround (Use subheading: Workaround) (1 – 1 ½)
– Clearly Describe a situation where a workaround was used (experienced, witnessed, or discussed at work or during clinical). (May use 1st person this section)

Be clear, to the point with pertinent detail, logical transition of thought (Caution this section only describes the situation, the cause is discussed further in the paper)

Quality Indicator (Use subheading: Quality Indicator) (¾ – 1 page)
– What quality indicator was most affected and how? (See course module for information on quality indicators and explore quality indicators, as well through relevant sources)

– What policy was most affected/involved or indirectly related – all procedures and processes are directly or indirectly related to a policy – if you cannot find it – a court of law will- it is best you are first aware (please cite your policy)

Stakeholders and Systems (Use subheading: Stakeholders and Systems) (¾ – 1 page)
– What stakeholders, systems, departments, and staff were involved (stakeholders, companies, stock and supply, communication, staff, patients, families, community, etc)?

– What information systems (persons, paper, or electronic)

– What technology(s) was involved?

Root Cause (Use subheading: Root Cause) (¾ – 1 page)
– Now that you were able to break apart some of the components, what likely led to the workaround? (May use 1st person this section)

Solutions (Use subheading: Solutions) (1 – 1 ½)
-Discuss possible solutions to improve workflow, quality, and safety.

-What possible solution(s) do you propose to improve workflow, quality, and safety?

– What literature supports your solution (MINIMUM of TWO peer reviewed RESEACH articles)? This is key to support your proposal- be clear-present significance. (include the research design, purpose-what was explored, sample (who) & sample size, findings (with stats/p-values for quantitative and themes for qualitative)

(– review recording in the course: Literature Search – CF Library – helpful hint: include the word “effective” in your keywords to better yield research articles)

-What was the level of evidence of the literature? – high, moderate, low – how did you determine this level

Barriers (Use subheading: Barriers) (¾ – 1 page)
– What barriers may be evident to implementing your proposed solution?

Change Theory (Use subheading: Barriers) (¾ – 1 page)
-What change theory or model may be helpful to implement your proposal? Clearly explain how you would apply it to your proposed solution.
Summary and Conclusion (Use subheading: Summary and Conclusion) (¾ – 1 page)
– Recap your paper (this should be one paragraph: In summary, this paper explored…).

– Closing statement (one paragraph: In conclusion…)

– Implications and recommendations for practice (i.e. future research – i.e. pilot study to test the effectiveness of your proposed solution)

II. REFERENCE LIST

Relevance of references
III. FORMAT

APA
Style Mechanics (grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, etc.)
Organization of ideas (transition of paragraphs; use of subheadings)
NOTE:

-Paper Format: APA including title page (title must reflect topic not type of assignment ie Bar Codes and Medication Errors – not Workaround Paper), running head, citations and references.

Assignment: Electronic Health Records Analysis

Assignment: Electronic Health Records Analysis

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.