HIM 500 Module Eight Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

 This short paper will explore the benefits of having technologies/systems in place to provide more in-depth information that will help drive decision making.

 The information that is gathered every day in healthcare drives patient care and the improvement of the quality of care. Each staff member within a healthcare institution has a role in improving patient care. In this short paper, complete the following:

1. Choose one of the following managers:

· Director of Admissions

· Manager of Billing

· Director of Nursing

· Manager of Purchasing

 

· Chief of Medicine

2. Considering what you have learned about these types of managers thus far and doing additional researching as necessary, answer the following:

· How might the manager for whichever department you chose above use technology/systems to improve patient care? To minimize costs and maximize efficiency? If you are having trouble, think generally here about how technology improves record keeping, and then consider the type of data these managers and directors have to manage.

 

· How does the system that the manager uses drive the decision making within the institution?

 

Support your answer with relevant sources.

 

Guidelines for Submission: The short paper should be submitted as a Word document and should be a minimum of 2 pages in length. All sources should be cited using APA style.

 

Critical Elements

Proficient (100%)

Needs Improvement (70%)

Not Evident (0%)

Value

Managers

Identifies a manager to discuss

 

Does not identify a manager to

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in paper

 

discuss in paper

 

Patient Care

Explains how the manager uses

Explains how the manager uses

Does not explain how the

20

 

technology/systems to improve

technology/systems to improve

manager uses

 

 

patient care

patient care, but lacks detail or

technology/systems to improve

 

 

 

clarity

patient care

 

Costs and Efficiency

Discusses how the manager

Discusses how the manager

Does not discuss how the

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uses technology/systems to

uses technology/systems to

manager uses

 

 

minimize costs and maximize

minimize costs and maximize

technology/systems to

 

 

efficiency

efficiency, but lacks detail or

minimize costs and maximize

 

 

 

clarity

efficiency