In this assessment you will use the knowledge gained from the textbook reading, practice & apply, check for understanding, and supplemental resources to answer the questions below. Use essay format to answer each question. Please wait for your instructor to manually grade and return the first assessment attempt before beginning the second attempt.
- There is a Taylor county open forum regarding health information exchange. As the HIM director at Hendrick Medical Center you have been asked to take part in the forum. You are expecting questions about the multiple challenges that face the HIE implementation. Recognize at least four HIE challenges to prepare you for these questions.
- Jackie Weaver is looking into implementing HIE in her healthcare organization. She starts by evaluating the three HIE models: centralized, federated, and hybrid. Explain each of the three models and how privacy and security practices determine which model is implemented. Jackie then assesses the opt-in and opt-out selections for patients as they relate to HIEs. Explain the opt-in and opt-out selections and in your opinion which selection would you suggest to Mrs. Weaver to have a better chance for success and why.
- Compare and contrast firewalls and intrusion detection systems and the importance of these systems with health information exchange.
- Derek Chauvin, HIM technician, has a 65-year-old grandmother, Susan, who is very computer-literate. Susan has multiple health issues and sees many different specialists. She has heard about personal health records (PHRs) and has asked Derek to explain the various options to her. Identify the various PHRs and which option would be better suited for Derek’s grandmother.
- For this question, you will need to visit the Texas Health Services Authority website (https://thsa.org/hie/Links to an external site.) and answer the following:
- Identify which organizations participate in HIE
- Describe the three products and their features of HIE used