The Human Resources Department at your facility has informed you (the HIM Department Director) that the HIM staff is the most culturally diverse staff in the facility. HR has asked you to provide a training session to other Department Directors on cultural diversity. They have specially asked you to:

1. Explain how to evaluate the culture of a department
2. To share your department’s policy on culture diversity
3. To provide information on diversity awareness

You have been given 30 minutes at the next Department Directors meeting to give your presentation. Create a Power Point presentation (minimum 15 slides not counting Title and Reference slides) that is audience ready with the use of speaker’s notes for your presentation.

(2) The EHR drchrono is a physician EHR. Think about how having physician EHR’s encourages interoperability. What data would you expect to see in the EHR? How would you expect that data to be formatted to promote interoperability? Write a paragraph (At least 300 words) that discusses interoperability, data, and data formatting that you would expect from drchrono.

HSA 315 Health Information System: Assignment 1: Critical Factors in Implementing an IT System in Health Facilities

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Thoroughly provide at least three (3) various reasons why some health care organizations have been reluctant to implement electronic medical records.

2. Thoroughly discuss the essential manner in which the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) impacts patient’s medical records.

3. Thoroughly determine the main advantages and disadvantages of the adoption of The HITECH (the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act for health care professionals. Next, suggest one (1) strategy that the medical staff members could use in order to mitigate the main disadvantages in question.

4. Thoroughly Review the typical workflow processes within health organizations, and decide the single most significant process that the health organization must eliminate in order to improve the service. Provide a rationale to support your response.

5. Thoroughly analyze the primary ways in which the key federal initiatives impact the standards of health care information for patient privacy, safety, and confidentially.

6. Thoroughly specify the fundamental advantages of applying an IT system within health care organizations. Predict new IT developments in the health care industry for the next two (2) decades. Justify your response.

7. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar type Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Examine the impact technologies have on health care information systems. Examine the systems development life cycle of a custom application and the selection of proprietary systems. Use technology and information resources to research issues in health information systems. Write clearly and concisely about health information systems using proper writing mechanics.