I'm working on a business question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Create and develop an eight to ten page analysis/position paper on the topic below. Charts, graphs, etc. may be included but text must equal at least eight pages. Please utilize and reference current literature, articles, books, websites, calls/emails with Health Care leaders, and reference appropriate outcome of any studies referenced. Interviewing a health care leader is encouraged but not required.

Please use APA style with the submission of this paper and cite your work. At least five current references should be used for this paper. A bibliography must be provided at the end of the paper. Double space with one inch margins. Use 12 Times New Roman Font Size, and submit compatible to Microsoft Word. Cover, abstract and bibliography pages do not count toward the minimum of eight page paper size.

GRADING: This paper is 20% of your grade and is due at 11:59 PM EST on Monday, November 15th. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Criteria for grading includes covering each of the questions below in the paper. Please cover EACH area in your paper. Please place your paper in Canvas under Assignments/Written Paper found in Module 1. Rubric included below.

TOPIC:

The impact of technology on Healthcare Management.

Technology has obviously had an impact on the clinical side of health care, but it has also changed the administrative roles in health care. Technology has impacted every aspect of health care from care options to reimbursement of services. Regardless of one's role in an HCO it is important to understand how technology shapes processes, creates challenges and opens up possibilities. The handling of information, Knowledge Management, is an extremely important topic and is covered in Chapter 10 of the textbook. Keep in mind Healthcare Management encompasses many different clinical and non-clinical areas of focus and both are appropriate in reviewing this topic but the focus should be more from a Management perspective and the roles of clinical and non-clinical managers.

SECTIONS TO BE INCLUDED:

* Please cover all of the points noted below in your paper.

1. A review of use and impact of the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
2. Define HIPAA. What is the HITEC Act? Discuss how the use of EHR is impacted by HIPAA and the HITEC Act.
3. Define Meaningful Use and discuss how it has helped to shape the adoption of EHRs throughout healthcare.
4. What is Telehealth and how has it shaped care delivery, especially in the past year? What are some benefits and challenges presented by using Telehealth.
5. Continuous Improvement is a constant theme throughout the book. Exhibit 10.3 in the book lists common uses of information for high-performing healthcare organizations; Identifying OFI's, Setting goals and supporting PIT's are three of the common uses. Expand on how electronic data management supports these areas and impacts continuous improvement in healthcare. How do the tools and processes available today better support or complicate continuous improvement efforts for today's HCO's?

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