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Module 5.5 Assignment

Module 5.5 Assignment

Q Evaluate As you have learned in this module, it is important to evaluate the usefulness of electronic health records in meeting the needs of clinicians and improving the quality of care that is administered. In this assignment, you will be evaluating the impact of informatics technology on patient care and assessing the IT tools being used to help support the delivery of quality healthcare. Paper Requirements In this assignment, you will be asked to write a short paper that is comprised of the following sections: • Identify and describe a minimum of three health IT tools. Explain their use and their importance. You can include EHR or a component of EHR. • Once you have identified and described the tools, please explain how each of these tools impacts health care and the delivery of services to patients. o In your answers, please discuss the interdisciplinary use of health IT tools and why using an interdisciplinary approach matters to the field of informatics. o In your answers, please use a minimum of two scholarly references to support your key points. The paper must be 3-4 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. Format your paper using the current APA guidelines. Please correctly cite your resources both within the text of your paper and as references at the end of your paper. Review the APA guidelines below for more information. Your paper must be logical, complete, and free of grammatical errors. This assignment will use Turnitin. With submission to Turnitin, the plagiarism tool; similarity scores must be below 20% prior to submission. This assignment is due Sunday by 11:59 pm ET. You will be assessed using the attached rubric. References

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Healthcare IT tools or Healthcare related Information Technology tools actually play a very important role in the process of helping the provider as well as the patient to manage and monitor various kinds of vital health related information. The quality of care is also improved and due to use of modern technology the healthcare provided is cost effective for both the healthcare provider and the patient. The efficient use of Health IT tools allows in the secure sharing of information and using health information in a proper manner. The three health IT tools that we are going to discuss here are as follows- A) Electronic Health Records- EHR or electronic health records are the most common system for collecting information and are used extensively.