INSTRUCTIONS – NO PLAIGARISM!

Students will login to and using the link provided in the reading assignment module for Week 5 and select a “current/popular” topic of the week that may impact their practice.

————— > HERE ARE SOME CHOICES. (Choose 1 article)

1. https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/privacy-security/cybersecurity-medical-devices-internet-things-wannacry-patient-harm-quality

2. https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ehr/oscar-cleveland-clinic-use-fhir-to-streamline-data-exchange 

3. https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/imperfect-system-ohio-state-unaware-doctor-s-past-sexual-assault-allegations-cleveland 

Continued…….

Students, in a professionally developed paper,

· will discuss the rationale for choosing the topic, 

· how it will impact practice in a positive or negative manner, 

· citing pros and cons. 

· Include a discussion of how informatics skills and knowledge were used in the process relevance to developing the assignment. 

· In the conclusion, provide recommendations for the future

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GRADING RUBRIC

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Category:    Description

Introduction

-Introduction:     presents a brief  overview of the parts of the paper. 

-Selects relevant HealthIT Topic to discuss; provides rationale for selecting topic:

Provides convincing rationale for topic selection   

–Convincing arguments of how topic will impact practice in  a positive or negative manner citing pros and cons: Convincing arguments of how topic impacts practice in a   positive or negative manner; pros and cons are presented 

-Discussion of how informatics skills and knowledge were used   in the process relevance to developing the assignment:  Provides a discussion of how informatics skills and   knowledge were used in the process to develop the assignment

-Conclusion:   Concluding statements   summarize insights about the key elements of the paper gained during the   assignment.   Recommendations for the future are provided

-APA Style:   Text, title page, body of   paper, summary and reference page(s) are completely consistent with APA   format. 

-Citations:    Ideas and information from   sources are cited correctly. There are a minimum of three scholarly, current   (5 years or less) references. 

-Writing Mechanics:     Rules of grammar, spelling,   word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work, 

-Pages: At least 2 1/2 pages, not including title or reference page.

A quality   assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.