Module 6
What did you like or dislike about taking an online course?
I like the ease and freedom of online classes. They suit my lifestyle best. A person has to be a self starter and motivated in order to be a great online student. Communication is paramount, so it helps when instructors are easily accessible. For this reason I feel the online classroom improves a student’s language skills as well as writing ability and style. Online classes improve computer skills and knowledge as well as typing skills. You can attend class in any manner you wish, you can look horrible and nobody is there to care. I for one like online courses for the challenge!
What topic did you learn the most about and what was your favorite topic?
I learned the most through both the report on the Decision Support Systems (DSS) and on the Wikipedia Article. I have to say the DSS paper was not too hard to write but the Wikipedia Article was atrocious! I have new respect for those who take on the challenge of Wikipedia and the desire to make a sound and flowing document. I will use this website for references in the future. So, I guess that I’d have to say that the DSS paper was my favorite. I say this because I learned a significant amount of information abut the DSS system where I work. Now that I have taken this course I can honestly say that I can look at our DSS and tell you its strengths and weaknesses and defend its usage.
If you were the instructor, and this being the first course for all DNP and Master student’s, what would you do the same or different?
I think I would basically keep the class the same. The only problem I had was that I felt the Modules’ instructions could have been set up in a more readable manner. I felt the instructions were really jumbled and lengthy. I for one, do better with instructions from 1-10, etc. There was a lot of reading but what graduate (or higher) program doesn’t? I would like to see more podcasts and instructional PowerPoint usage. The ppt on the U’s library page that describes information retrieval was excellent! I like action and interaction; I am a very visual yet hands-on type person.
Rae :)
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Module 5
Module 5
AHRQ Website:
What, if any relationship do you see between the information available on this webpage and regulatory, accreditation, and reimbursement issues and healthcare information system use and design?
In order to find answers to the above question I utilized the “Search” function located on the top right of the webpage. I searched the site for regulatory issues. The site located 702 results for regulatory issues. I opened and looked at the first result listed called, “Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity: With detailed appendix on legal and regulatory issues,” (Hassol & Zane, 2006, p. 1). The purpose of this article was to look at using previously “shuttered” [closed down] hospitals for use as a fully-functional health facility that could take on the surge capacity of patients during a mass casualty event (Hassol & Zane, 2006). The authors of this article delve into specific detail of how patient information management would be handled in mass casualty situations, stating the following, “Recommendation: Regulatory requirements regarding medical records systems and maintenance among the requirements that will need to be at least partially waived for a surge facility,” (p. 123). After perusing the AHRQ website a little further, one thing I noticed in regard to regulatory issues is that AHRQ takes on the responsibility of putting together teams or finding research that specifically focuses on issues like bioterrorism and surge capacity that could potentially cause regulatory problems.
Next, I searched the AHRQ website for accreditation issues. The first article noted was a workshop summary that was presented by Margaret VanAmringe, who at the time was the Director of Federal Relations for the Joint Commision on Health Care Organizations wise known as JCAHO (AHRQ, 1998). Most people in the health care profession know that the word JCAHO is synonymous with accreditation. I then just typed in the word “accreditation” in the search bar and the first citation retrieved compared the quality of Maryland’s HMO hospitals and included their National Committee for Quality Assurance accreditation status (MHCC, 2000). Because of these findings I would have to state that AHRQ cares about accreditation status issues and makes their website available to the public in order to increase the public’s awareness of such issues.
I perused the AHRQ Home webpage for any indicators that I felt might lead me to reimbursement issues. I clicked on the word “HIV & AIDS Cost and Use,” located under the heading “Data & Surveys,” (AHRQ, n.d.). It took me to another webpage that I had to scan a little in order to find anything related to reimbursement. I located the word “Health Insurance Coverage” and clicked on it. The next webpage briefly discusses the study that was performed on health care coverage for HIV/AIDS and provides a phone number if a person wishes to request a copy of the study (AHRQ, n.d.).
Finally, I searched the home page for any information that would lead to healthcare information system usage and design. I clicked on the word “Technology Assessments,” (AHRQ, n.d.) and it lead me to a webpage that would be useful for reimbursement issues. This page had links that would take a person to those technology assessments that are utilized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the purpose of coverage decisions. Back on the home page I discovered a link called “Health Information Technology,”(AHRQ, n.d.) and clicked on it. AHRQ’s Health Information Technology page discusses barcode medication administration technologies, computerized provider order entry, telehealth, etc. (AHRQ, n.d.). All of these reports on this page are specific to healthcare information system usage and design.
After inspecting AHRQ’s website I would most definitely have to say that there is a relationship between this website and regulatory, accreditation, and reimbursement issues and healthcare information system use and design.
References:
Hassol, A., & Zane, R., (2006). Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity: With detailed appendix on legal and regulatory issues. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/shutreport.pdf
Understanding the Alphabet Soup of Managed Care Integrated Delivery Systems. Workshop Summary, October 14-16, 1998, User Liaison Program. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/ulpmcids.htm
Maryland Health Care Commission, (2000). Comparing the quality of Maryland’s HMO’s 2000. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.talkingquality.gov/pdf/TQ_ID93.htm
AHRQ, (n.d.). Health Insurance Coverage. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.ahrq.gov/data/acsus2.htm
AHRQ, (n.d.). Health Information Technology. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=650&PageID=0&parentname=ObjMgr&parentid=106&mode=2&dummy=t
AHRQ, (n.d.). Technology Assessments. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/techix.htm
AHRQ Website:
What, if any relationship do you see between the information available on this webpage and regulatory, accreditation, and reimbursement issues and healthcare information system use and design?
In order to find answers to the above question I utilized the “Search” function located on the top right of the webpage. I searched the site for regulatory issues. The site located 702 results for regulatory issues. I opened and looked at the first result listed called, “Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity: With detailed appendix on legal and regulatory issues,” (Hassol & Zane, 2006, p. 1). The purpose of this article was to look at using previously “shuttered” [closed down] hospitals for use as a fully-functional health facility that could take on the surge capacity of patients during a mass casualty event (Hassol & Zane, 2006). The authors of this article delve into specific detail of how patient information management would be handled in mass casualty situations, stating the following, “Recommendation: Regulatory requirements regarding medical records systems and maintenance among the requirements that will need to be at least partially waived for a surge facility,” (p. 123). After perusing the AHRQ website a little further, one thing I noticed in regard to regulatory issues is that AHRQ takes on the responsibility of putting together teams or finding research that specifically focuses on issues like bioterrorism and surge capacity that could potentially cause regulatory problems.
Next, I searched the AHRQ website for accreditation issues. The first article noted was a workshop summary that was presented by Margaret VanAmringe, who at the time was the Director of Federal Relations for the Joint Commision on Health Care Organizations wise known as JCAHO (AHRQ, 1998). Most people in the health care profession know that the word JCAHO is synonymous with accreditation. I then just typed in the word “accreditation” in the search bar and the first citation retrieved compared the quality of Maryland’s HMO hospitals and included their National Committee for Quality Assurance accreditation status (MHCC, 2000). Because of these findings I would have to state that AHRQ cares about accreditation status issues and makes their website available to the public in order to increase the public’s awareness of such issues.
I perused the AHRQ Home webpage for any indicators that I felt might lead me to reimbursement issues. I clicked on the word “HIV & AIDS Cost and Use,” located under the heading “Data & Surveys,” (AHRQ, n.d.). It took me to another webpage that I had to scan a little in order to find anything related to reimbursement. I located the word “Health Insurance Coverage” and clicked on it. The next webpage briefly discusses the study that was performed on health care coverage for HIV/AIDS and provides a phone number if a person wishes to request a copy of the study (AHRQ, n.d.).
Finally, I searched the home page for any information that would lead to healthcare information system usage and design. I clicked on the word “Technology Assessments,” (AHRQ, n.d.) and it lead me to a webpage that would be useful for reimbursement issues. This page had links that would take a person to those technology assessments that are utilized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the purpose of coverage decisions. Back on the home page I discovered a link called “Health Information Technology,”(AHRQ, n.d.) and clicked on it. AHRQ’s Health Information Technology page discusses barcode medication administration technologies, computerized provider order entry, telehealth, etc. (AHRQ, n.d.). All of these reports on this page are specific to healthcare information system usage and design.
After inspecting AHRQ’s website I would most definitely have to say that there is a relationship between this website and regulatory, accreditation, and reimbursement issues and healthcare information system use and design.
References:
Hassol, A., & Zane, R., (2006). Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity: With detailed appendix on legal and regulatory issues. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/shutreport.pdf
Understanding the Alphabet Soup of Managed Care Integrated Delivery Systems. Workshop Summary, October 14-16, 1998, User Liaison Program. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/ulpmcids.htm
Maryland Health Care Commission, (2000). Comparing the quality of Maryland’s HMO’s 2000. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.talkingquality.gov/pdf/TQ_ID93.htm
AHRQ, (n.d.). Health Insurance Coverage. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.ahrq.gov/data/acsus2.htm
AHRQ, (n.d.). Health Information Technology. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=650&PageID=0&parentname=ObjMgr&parentid=106&mode=2&dummy=t
AHRQ, (n.d.). Technology Assessments. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/techix.htm
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