1. Choose current articles related based on the following topics: Health Information Technology (HIT), Health Information Systems (HIS) or any chapter topics within the course required textbook. Your chosen article must be from a reputable source (journal article, newspaper, etc.) that has a date of publication. Your article  do not need to be  approved by the instructor, however, if you are not sure if the article you chose is acceptable notify the instructor via course email before the assignment is due.
2. The article’s publication date should be from September of 2016 to the current date (this is supposed to be a current event). Do not use Wikipedia. Try to utilize FIU online Library for your article of choice.
3. You are expected to read and report on your article in a TWO-THREE (excluding title and reference pages) full pages typed assignment on a word document.

Assignment Layout

1. Introduction: Fully explain why you chose your article.  Give a detailed summary of the main points and content of article

2. Report content: Explain how your article relates to Health Information Technology (HIT).  What is significant about your topic or event? How does your topic impact healthcare technological advances? How might this change the healthcare for better or worse? You can use your textbook to research about your topic. You must show evidence of this research in your paper.

3. Summary: Include your closing thoughts (opinion and comments) about the article (e.g. How does this affect you as a future health administrator and/or your future patients/clients?).

• TWO references are required. Use the course textbook and or any credible resource, etc. as an additional reference for the background information in your summary. Cite your sources whenever paraphrasing or directly quoting someone else’s work. You should cite your article and at least one other source that you used for background information (in APA format).
• Provide a separate References page of the sources used for your current event summary (APA format).
• The assignment should be TWO-THREE full pages in length (excluding title and Reference page). This means that your article should have a sufficient amount of relevant content in order to complete the assignment.