Imagine you have been contracted to consult on the
recent developments at the Featherfall Medical Center. Featherfall has been
struggling of late; it has had a series of problems that have prompted your
hiring. It has faced the following issues:
1. Featherfall has recently violated several
government regulations regarding the current state of its technology and how it
is being used. The technology system is vastly out of date, and staff are not
always using the technology that is in place or they are using the technology
inappropriately. These problems have lost the institution lots of money for not
meeting government regulations and have caused operational and ethical problems
from inefficient and ineffective use of technology.
2. The staff at Featherfall are not well-trained on
the use of technology and do not communicate appropriately about technology
use. The roles thatpertinent to your consult are the health information
management team, the clinical staff (doctors, nurses, etc.), and administrative
staff. The health information management team uses proper coding practices, and
the current technology system serves them well, despite its age. However, other
rolesin the hospital have had issues with the system. Clinical staff, for
instance, have had record-keeping issues both due to lack of training on the
system and the system itself being out of date. Administrative staff within the
organization have taken issue with the lack of communication about the
technology and its use between the various roles. When the current technology
system was chosen many years ago, the needs of these various roles were not
considered.
In this milestone, you will submit a discussion of
the history of healthcare information management/informatics and the current
landscape in terms of technology. This milestone will set the stage for your
project.
In this milestone, you will submit an analysis of
how the company in the case study is non complia
nt and the strategies (general, not specifics) to
move it toward compliance.
Specifically the following critical elements must
be addressed:
II. Health
Regulations and Laws Ramifications:In this section
of your final project, you will finish your preparation by reviewing and
explaining the ramifications for the organization if it decides to wait on
addressing its recent violations regarding technology use.
A). Determine how violating health regulations and
laws regarding technology could impact the
finances of the institution if these violations are
not addressed. Be sure to support your response with examples.
B). Determine how violating health regulations and
laws regarding technology could impact the
daily operations of the institution if these
violations are not addressed. Be sure to support
your response with examples.
C). Determine how violating health regulations and
laws regarding technology could impact the
security of the health information in the
institution if these violations are not addressed. Be sure to support your
response with examples.
Guidelines for Submission:
This milestone must be 2 pages in length (plus a
cover page and references) and must be written in APA format. Use double
spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. All references
cited in APA format
