Master Mindshift: Focused Discussion
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to discuss health informatics in support of direct patient care, basic administration functions, and decision support system. Individually, you may also explore and discuss the application of emerging technologies and their use in problem-solving and leadership decision-making. This is also an opportunity for you to demonstrate your communication skills.
To assist with learning about the current trend in health informatics, students will be directed to further expand their knowledge on the topic via the Health Information Management and Systems Inc. website. ( www.himss.orgLinks to an external site.) or via a peer-reviewed article from the following the Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationLinks to an external site..
In addition, you will be expected to be knowledgeable of the following skills:
Analyze formal and informal communication.
Compare/contrast the effectiveness of various communication methods.
Design effective communications for a wide variety of situations in healthcare organizations
Knowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in this discipline:
Health Informatics and how information systems, informatics principles, and information technology are applied in healthcare delivery
Describe the effect of healthcare informatics as an emerging and transforming technology and how it will impact the major stakeholders of an organization and patient outcomes.
Articulate Ideas and Information.
Task:
1. Read an Article of Choice from Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationLinks to an external site.. Reflect upon what emerging technologies are being introduced and/or used in the field of health informatics. In the discussion post, you will provide a link to the article that you choose. In addition, you will write a short 3 paragraph response outlining the following: why did you choose this article, how does it relate to health informatics and emerging technologies in healthcare, and what was the most striking detail of the article. You will then read one of your classmate’s posts and remark on it by finding either a similarity or a contrasting point of view between their article and yours
2. Note for the final discussion you must first post your initial response before you will be able to see anyone else’s initial post. Also, only one response is required.
Criteria for Success:
A rubric will be used to grade your complete discussion.
