Part 1
When interprofessional clinical team members are reporting
difficulty with entering or retrieving information in the health information
system, think about creating a process map to analyze the workflow around the
task. A workflow analysis can be used to identify opportunities to improve both
the interprofessional team member’s experience and the patient’s experience. Refer
to Unit 3, Testing Compliance and Workflows, and Unit 1, Data Modeling and the
ERD, for more information about workflow analysis process maps.
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Identify
one data entry task involving a health information
system. If you are not currently working as a nurse, think of something you often
did in your role when working as a nurse.
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Write a 3–5
sentence paragraph describing
the data entry workflow for this data entry task.
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Using this written
description of the data entry workflow, list the workflow steps in the order
they need to be followed to accomplish the data entry task.
Part 2
In aIn addition to understanding where there are delays in a
workflow, evaluating the steps in a task can also identify an information gap
in how and when an interprofessional clinical team member needs information.
This information can then be used to determine whether the data is collected
and, if so, where it is held in the database. Refer to Unit 1, Data Modeling
and the ERD, for more information about workflow analysis process maps.
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Identify one data
element associated with the workflow steps described in Phase 1.
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Consider which database table this data
element would belong in.
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What do you think the primary key would be
in that table?
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Write a 3–5 sentence paragraph describing the chosen data element, the relationship
of that data element to the workflow described in Phase 1, the database table
you believe the data element would belong in, and what you think the primary
key would be for that table.
