Discussion: Role of HIM professionals in data stewardship

HT108 Health Care Data, Indexes and Registries 3 Credits (2 Didactic, 1 Lab)

Project: Healthy People 2020

Student Name: ___________________________________ Date: ________

Domain I: Data Content, Structure, and Standards

SubdomainI.C.1: Data Governance

Competency: Apply policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of health data (BL3)

Curricular Data Stewardship and data sources for patient care (management,

Considerations: billing reports, registries, and/or databases);

Data integrity concepts & standards; Data interchange standards including X2 & HL7

Subdomain: I.E.1: Secondary Data Sources

Competency: Identify and use secondary data sources (BL3)

Curricular Consideration: Specialized data collection systems and registries

SubdomainI.E.2: Secondary Data Sources

Competency: Validate the reliability and use of secondary data sources (BL3)

Curricular Consideration: Purpose and applications of secondary data sources

DomainIII: Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use

SubdomainIII.A.1: Health Information Technologies

Competency: Utilize software in the completion of HIM processes (BL3)

Curricular Consideration: Records tracking, release of information, coding, grouping, registries, billing, quality improvement, imaging, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Personal Health Records (PHRs), and document imaging.

Objectives:

Identity the role of HIM professionals in data stewardship as it relates to primary and secondary data (I.C.1- BL3)

Demonstrate knowledge of data integrity concepts in the process of data exchange (I.C.1- BL3)

Utilize specialized data collection tools used in healthcare to capture secondary data (I.E.1- BL3)

Identify the purpose and uses of secondary data sources by internal and external users (I.E.2- BL3)

Discover the relationship between specialized software utilized in HIM and the process of quality and performance improvement (III.A.1- BL3)

TASKS: Visit the CDC website and research the topic “Healthy People 2020” to gain understanding of the initiative established by the government in relation to this topic: objectives of the program, methods used for data collection, topics covered under this program, and status of the program. Review table 7.2 Sayles text and identify the standard(s) that comply with the accuracy and integrity of proper data collection for HP2020; system(s) used by healthcare organizations to comply with standards established by the program (EHRs, Registries, etc.).

After visiting the CDC website and researching the topic, report your findings in an essay format. Your essay must indicate the role of HIM professionals in the process of data collection and maintenance; Different mechanisms of data collection and reporting used by healthcare organizations; Internal and external users that may use data to make decisions. You must indicate which specialized HIM software are often used to collect these data. Be sure to cite your source(s) properly and provide any other related material (articles) used in your research.

Discussion: Role of HIM professionals in data stewardship

Standards: Students must achieve a minimum of 70%.

TASKS:

Role of HIM professionals in data stewardship _______/20

Methods of data collection used for this purpose _______/25

Internal and external users of this data for decision-making _______/25

Use of specialized HIM software for data collection _______/20

Correct spelling, punctuation, grammarand formatting ________/5

Proper citation ________/5

Total Points: _______/100