[Solved] 610-1

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

**Course Objectives for Assignment:** – Apply the principles of information management in a variety of settings such as large, networked enterprises, ambulatory care centers, long term care facilities and integrated provider delivery networks. – Assess the potential of Information Technology in process and performance improvement. **Assignment Scenario:** You have been hired as a summer intern in not-for-profit advocating for the technological progress of healthcare systems. In order to develop a strategic plan, your supervisor asked you to prepare a report on the following items that need be addressed ( _Note: You will apply the summer intern in not-for-profit role throughout this course for your assignments.)_ Healthcare industry uses various types of health information technology systems for healthcare administration, called _Healthcare Management Information Systems (HMIS)_, and the clinical functions, called _Health Information Management Systems (HIMS)._ Select **one** healthcare sector (hospital, ambulatory care, long term care, nursing home, integrated delivery system, etc.) that you would like to focus on for this _four-part_ assignment. 1. Define each of these systems (HMIS/HIMS) and their purpose (in narrative format). 2. Using the Internet, locate _**one**_ system in each category (HMIS/HIMS) and _compare_ and _contrast_ them with respect to their five (5) functionalities (3-column table format with columns as Functionality, HMIS, HIMS). 3. Identify and define users of each system and analyze the specific needs of each user the system should meet (in narrative format). 4. Evaluate the systems' value for the _administrative_ and _clinical_ healthcare decision-making (in narrative format).