HW: History of health information management

HW: History of health information management

Discuss the history of health information management organization and how it shaped the HIMO today

So much of what we do in the health information management profession evolves around how we work with and management of data. Remember that data is the foundation of information used to make decisions, set policy, and define quality of care for patients. It is important to understand the differences between data governance and information governance in healthcare and health information management.

Research these two concepts and prepare a written paper that explains the difference between data and information governance.

You will need to conduct a search on “Data Governance” and “Information Governance”. You may use the AHIMA’s BoK (Body of Knowledge), if you are an AHIMA member as your search engine, but other search engines will provide results as well. You will want to limit your search to healthcare so that your results relate only to healthcare, Data Governance and Information Governance, rather than general knowledge.

Be sure to review the article below from your assigned reading which can be found at the following link: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/healthsciences/hithim/courses

Dimick, Chris. “Governance Apples and Oranges: Differences Exist Between Information Governance, Data Governance, and IT Governance” Journal of AHIMA 84, no.11 (November 2013): 60-62.

Include the following.

1 to 2 pages

3 scholarly resources

APA format and work must be properly cited

Spelling and grammar error free

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.