NR512
HealthIT
Topic of Week Assignment
Guidelineswith
Scoring Rubric
Purpose
This assignment is
designed to help students
· Develop an appreciation for
informatics, basic skills and knowledge required in practice settings.Students
will select a “hot” or popular topic of particular interest to their practice
to discuss. The topic will be selected from the website using the link provided
in the course Assignments section.
Due Date:Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of
Week 5.
Total Points Possible: 175
Requirements
Students will login to FierceEMR
and FierceHealthIT using the link provided in the reading assignment
module for Week 5and select a “current/popular” topic of
the week that may impact their practice. Students, in a professionally
developed paper, will discuss the rationale for choosing the topic, how it will
impact practice in a positive or negative manner, citing pros and cons. Include
a discussion of how informatics skills and knowledge were used in the process
relevance to developing the assignment. In the conclusion, provide
recommendations for the future. Submit completed FierceHealthIT Topic paper for
Wk. 5 to dropbox by end of Week 5.
1. TheFierceEMR and FierceHealthITCurrent/Popular
Topic of the Week assignmentmust be a professional,
scholarly prepared paper. See the guidelines for writing a professional,
scholarly paper in the Course Resources. The professional paper will have an
introduction, body of paper to explain what you are doing, summary/conclusion,
and at least three scholarly references.
2.
Required texts may be used as references, but a minimum of three sources must
be from outside of course readings.
3. All
aspects of the paper must be in APA format as expressed in the 6th edition.
4. The
paper (excluding the title page, introduction and reference page) is 4-6 pages
in length.
5. Ideas
and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
6.
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal
academic writing.
