Discussion 5: Different components of health informatics

During this course, we explore many different components of health informatics:Some students have a difficult time with the audiovisual component of the assignment so you can do the audiovisual presentation or as an alternative you can submit a PowerPoint with speaker notes. In doc sharing I have uploaded a PowerPoint overview that provides the do’s and don’ts of a power point proposal.

Title page: Include a title page with the following:

Title of Final Project

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Topic: During this course, we explore many different components of health informatics. Pick a topic of interest to you and prepare a four- to five-minute video. This should reflect new information and not be a recap of information learned in this course or another course. Choose one topic from the list:

Evidence-based practice and informatics

Telehealth

Public health informatics

The evolving ePatient

International efforts, issues, and innovations related to informatics

Simulation in health care

Analytics and design-led innovations and management

Big data: challenges, opportunities, and realities

Incorporating mobile devices and sensors into daily routines. The potential impact for mHealth is enormous. For example, an individual might spend 15 minutes or less per year with a primary-care physician, whereas the same person has nearly constant contact with a mobile device.

Applying clinical care guidelines on, and within, mobile platforms

Gathering and using data (particularly intensive longitudinal data) to study effectiveness of an mHealth intervention

Consumer informatics

Applications of social media in health care

Biomedical applications based on sensor data

Chronic disease management and preventative solutions

Content:

The four- to five-minute presentation should be set up as a staff educational session on your selected topic.

Your presentation must:

Define your topic and explain its relevance to health informatics.

Describe any ethical issues associated with your topic.

Describe any associated laws, regulations, or voluntary standards that are relevant to the topic.

Explain how the topic relates to or impacts health care delivery, administration, education, data administration, or research.

Summarize associated data capture tools and technologies.

Describe a specific example of your topic in use in health care.

References: Include five scholarly references, in addition to the textbook, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

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.