Assignment:Taxonomies Pharmacy & Vendors

Taxonomies, Pharmacy, and Clinical Vendors

Questions:
1. discuss the importance of clinical taxonomies.

A. Why is a nursing taxonomy important? Do an Internet search to support your discussion along with your experience in the industry.
B. What is the advantage of having a unified language for nursing within the larger concept of a unified language system for the healthcare community?
C. What further research and developments are needed to move the nursing profession toward a unified language system?
D. Some physicians believe there should not be a nursing language and a physician language – only one language. What do you think?

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2. Application Software Vendors

A. Conduct an Internet search and find software vendors who offer products in one or more of the categories listed below. Select two vendors from each of three categories and compare their features (e.g., compare two lab vendors, two CPOE vendors, and two e-prescription vendors). What similar functions do they offer? Where do they differ in their offerings? If available for each vendor, provide the name and address of each vendor, the number of years in business, their annual revenue and number of employees, and a profile of other products offered.

Your response should be a table format for easy comparison of vendors and features.
• Laboratory information systems
• Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems
• Pharmacy systems
• Radiology information systems
• Emergency department information systems
• Bedside computing
• E-prescription
• Home healthcare information systems
• Healthcare information systems (HIS) (defined as a vendor who believes they offer a complete solution for an organization’s information systems’ needs)

B. Let’s assume you have 2 healthcare information systems (HIS) vendors to whom you want to send a request for proposal (RFP). Why would you require each vendor to submit their proposals using the same submission format supplied by you?
C. Discuss your learning experience from the above vendor research.

3. Hospital ABC has identified an exceptionally high number of laboratory orders. This came about as they began to look at quality of care and the cost of diagnosing patients. They have asked you to design a report so the Chief of each service can review their respective physicians and determine if their laboratory ordering practices are appropriate. You are charged with advising the Chiefs as to what type of report(s) they will need and the format and data to be used on each report. Your response should be 2- double-spaced pages.

Assignment:Taxonomies Pharmacy & Vendors

Assignment:Taxonomies Pharmacy & Vendors

A. Discuss your advice to each Chief.
B. Draft a sample report. (HINT: Chiefs DO NOT usually have time to look at patient-specific reports.)
4. Insights to Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS) – Choose One Option for the below questions:

A. (Preferred) A Person to Person Interview with a pharmacist
B. Email the questions to a pharmacist, followed by a telephone interview. Note, the questions are simply to prepare the interviewee for your questions, and are NOT to be completed by the interviewee.
C. Provide Internet browser searches to support your responses to the questions. Be sure you have a supporting web reference embedded within each question and these references are current (published or updated within last three (3) years.)

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Several features of pharmacies have made the implementation of information systems necessary. First, a pharmacy deals with large numbers of well-defined data and tasks. Second, pharmacists readily accept these systems. Visit, email or do a browser search with a hospital or retail pharmacy that uses a computer system to answer the below questions. Your response should be 1 double-spaced page.
A. Discuss how the pharmacist’s role has changed with the use of pharmacy information systems. Does the pharmacist consider himself or herself a clinician? Explain your answer.
B. What impact has the use of these information systems had on his or her clients/customers/patients?
C. How do pharmacists view the importance of laboratory systems? Does this pharmacist have access to lab data? Explain your response.
D. What are some of the trends pharmacists foresee in pharmacy information systems, and how will this change the pharmacist’s role in the future? Do they think pharmacists should be able to write prescriptions?
E. What is this pharmacist’s organization role with e-prescribing? Is e-prescribing mandatory is this State?
F. How do the clinical roles of retail and hospital-based pharmacists differ?
G. Ask your pharmacist for examples that would help explain Pharmacogenomics.
H. What changes in the next five years in the pharmacy information system (PIS) does the Pharmacist see to impact (1) patient quality of care, and (2) lower health costs?

Assignment:Taxonomies Pharmacy & Vendors

Assignment:Taxonomies Pharmacy & Vendors

LESSON 3.2
Radiology and Project Responsibility
READINGS
Wager, Lee, & Glaser Text:
• Chapter 15: Assessing and Achieving Value in Health Care Information Systems
• Appendix B: Sample Project Charter

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
1. Insights to Radiology Information Systems (RIS) – Choose one option for the below questions:
a. (Preferred) A Person to Person Interview with a radiologist or technologist.
b. Email the questions to a radiologist or technologist, followed by a telephone interview. Note, the questions are simply to prepare the interviewee for your telephone questions, and are NOT to be completed by the interviewee.
c. Provide Internet browser searches to support your responses to the questions. Be sure you have at least one supporting web reference embedded within each question and these references are current (published or updated within last three (3) years.)

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Radiology Interview Questions: Your response should be 1 double-spaced page.
A. How does the radiologist/technologist see the change from film to filmless technology? If need be, do an Internet search on using radiographic films vs. digital imaging. Ask questions such as the impact on storage, type of storage, exam turnaround time, patient safety, etc.
B. Ask the radiologist/technologist to discuss the economic and technological impact on the development of computerized imaging.
C. What is the radiologist’s/technologist’s opinion on teleradiology? Can he or she give you an example of how teleradiology is used? If not, do a Google search to find a case study of an experience with teleradiology.
D. Does this organization outsource the reading of radiology exams? If so, where. What is your interviewee’s opinion of this modality?
E. How important is it for the radiologist/technologist to have access to the laboratory information system? Give an example of a lab test needed by radiology.
F. Is radiology affected by CPOE? If the radiologist’s/technologist’s organization does not use CPOE, how does he or she see radiology eventually being impacted by CPOE?
G. Where does the radiologist/technologist see the RIS in the next 5 years?

2. Write a brief (1- page) review of articles(s) as assigned by your instructor in the previous unit.

3. Search the Internet and find 3 healthcare information system vendors that offer an EMR. Create one table showing these EMR vendors with column headings:
a. Vendor name,
b. Vendor EMR product names,
c. ONC EMR CERTIFIED: Yes, No, Not Available
d. Reference where you found this vendor’s EMR software is Office of National Coordinator (ONC) approved EMR Certification.

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(Hint: See Website Reference What do you need to know about EMR product certification? https://www.micromd.com/emr/incentive-certification-faq.html)

Lesson 3.2 Project Situation: Project Progress
1. Develop a plan for the ongoing management of the project. Remember, we are “pretending” here, so think outside of the scope of your immediate project. Describe the following:
A. Who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the system?
B. Who repairs/debugs the system?
C. Who will update changes or additions to the system?
D. What happens when there are terminations, illnesses, and vacations?
E. How does Parkinson’s Law relate to a post-implementation study?
F. Search the Internet to locate examples of a cost/benefit analysis. For this part of the assignment, list in a table and/or graph format the dollar value of all the costs and benefits of your project. You may find it difficult to put a monetary value on some things; however, please try to do this. Finally, justify the amounts you have selected. Assume this cost justification is being presented to a Steering Committee who needs to decide whether to approve your project or not.
G. Select two examples of intangible value. Propose one or more approaches that an organization might use to measure each of those values. (Wager, Lee & Glaser,

Write 1 page summary on the project situation

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.
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