Assignment Details
Assignment: PHRs, Natural Language Processing and EMRs
Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
- Describe how the quantified “selfer” uses health-related data.
- Analyze the implications of ePatients on clinical practice.
- Analyze trends and events leading to the development and adoption of electronic personal health records.
- Organize and implement a system selection process using the initial phases of the systems development life cycle.
- Analyze the benefits of an electronic information system with an integrated clinical decision support system.
- Explain the implications of unintended consequences or e-iatrogenesis as it relates to implementing an electronic health record (EHR).
Course Outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
HI501-2: Discuss the relationship between health information decision-making and cognitive support in the clinical setting.
HI501-4: Illustrate human-computer interactions in health informatics.
Unit 6 Assignment Instructions
Part I: Personal Health Records
Personalized medicine is an innovation in the care and treatment of patients that brings to the forefront the unlimited possibilities of health information technology when utilized to its fullest. Personal Health Records (PHRs) provides patients and medical professionals a means to share information, which in turns, helps to improve the quality of care. The ability to understand obtain, process and understand health information within PHRs requires that individuals have a certain level of health literacy.
You will create a PowerPoint presentation with speaking notes that covers the following criteria:
- How can health care bridge the gap between those who are internet savvy and those who are not?
- What demographic and socioeconomic factors affect eHealth access and literacy; what efforts are being made in healthcare to address these factors?
- Consider the following, in thinking about a PHR that patients can use to annotate their EHR data (e.g., comment on the problem list), what steps do you think patients will likely take to correct their data?
Part II: Natural Language Processing
Natural Language Processing (NLP), is not a new technology, but it is one that is not yet fully developed. Many healthcare professionals and organizations are working diligently on how to combine NLP with use in EMRs.
- What is NLP?
- What possible disadvantages will occur due to using NLP technology?
- What are the barriers to using NLP?
- What possible benefits will NLP provide to medical professionals and organizations?
- How can NLP benefit the patient experience?
Continue your presentation with an example answer to the questions above. You will need to ensure that you provide proper reference supports to show your interns that you have used evidence to support your answers. A title slide and reference slide is required.
Submitting Your Work
Your assignment response should be submitted in PowerPoint presentation. Save it in a location and with the proper naming convention: username-Course Name-section-Unit x_Assignment.ppt (section is your course section and x is your unit number).