Management Question

Overview

QUIZ: TOPIC SELECTION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

Health informatics is an applied field of study incorporating theories from information science;

computer science; the science for the specific discipline, such as medicine, nursing, or pharmacy;

and the wide range of sciences used in healthcare delivery. As a result, health informatics

specialists draw on a wide range of theories to guide their practice.

INSTRUCTIONS

You are to submit a final research paper focused on a selected topic below. This paper is to be

reflective of a master’s level academic research paper and will be assembled throughout the

course by producing several deliverables:

▪ Annotated Bibliography (Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Assignment)

▪ Outline (Research Project: Outline Assignment)

▪ Final Paper Draft (Research Project: Draft Assignment)

▪ Final Paper Submission (Research Project: Final Document Assignment)

Please choose 1 of the following 4 major theoretical approaches as the main topic of your final

paper and relate it to a current topic (practices, policies, and/or regulations) in healthcare

informatics (please see below for topic suggestions):

1. Systems Theory

Characteristics of Systems

▪ Resistance to Change

Systems and the Change Process

▪ Function vs. purpose

▪ GIGO

▪ Entropy — the need to be replaced/wears out, and negentropy — more

complex, how IS systems grow

2. Information Theory

Shannon and Weaver Information-Communication Model

▪ Levels of communication

Blum’s Model Wisdom added (Review data, information, and knowledge)

Graves Model

Nelson Model

3. Learning Theories

Behavioral Theories

Information Processing, or Cognitive Learning, Theories

Adult Learning Theories

Learning Styles

4. Change Theories

Planned Change

Diffusion of Innovation

Using Change Theories

▪ Change Management

Put stages on board — and explain how it works in real life

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▪ Knowledge Stage

▪ Persuasion Stage

▪ Decision Stage

▪ Modification Stage

▪ Confirmation Stage

The following are examples of possible health informatics-related topics:

1. Policies and procedures for implementing an electronic health record

2. Regulations for securing patient data

3. Education procedures for training staff and/or patients

4. Evidence-based practices for Clinical Decision Support Systems

5. Policies and procedures for distributing and maintaining patient data

The above topics are only suggestions and are not limited to the topics listed.

Submit your chosen theoretical approach and related healthcare informatics topic for the

Research Project Assignments through the Quiz: Topic Selection assignment portal in Canvas.

You will have 30 minutes to complete this selection, and the quiz is limited to 1 attempt. The

quiz will be open-book/open-notes and will contain 1 short answer question.