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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:
Choose one of the following managers:
Director of Admissions
Manager of Billing
Director of Nursing
Manager of Purchasing
Chief of Medicine
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 andmaximize 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 makingwithin 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
5
in paper
discuss in paper
Patient Care
Explains how the manager uses
Explains how the manager uses
Does not explain how the
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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
30
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
Decision Making
Explains how the system that
Explains how the system that
Does not explain how the
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the manager uses drives the
the manager uses drives the
system that the manager uses
decision making within the
decision making within the
drives the decision making
institution
institution, but lacks detail or
within the institution
clarity
Articulation of Response
Paper is free of errors of
Paper contains errors of
Paper contains errors of
10
organization and grammar
organization and grammar, but
organization and grammar
errors are limited enough so
making the paper difficult to
that the paper can be
understand
understood
Total
100%
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