The use of clinical decision support systems helps facilitate best practices to improve health care quality. Based on your chosen CDS system or intervention, describe ways in which it can establish best practices for patient outcomes. Support your discussion with examples. Your initial post must use at least one scholarly …

Laws above and beyond HIPAA control the use of highly sensitive data such as that related to chemical health, mental health, and HIV status. Develop a strategy for securing this data, which requires heightened controls. Create a list of recommended technical security controls that support compliance with laws related to …

View the Vila Health: Security media piece. Review the results and compile a 3-page security report to meet the following criteria: Describe access, authentication, and authorized use of health information Explain the HIPAA Security Rule, in comparison to the Privacy Rule;Become familiar with the requirements under these rules, and distinguish …

Clinical data validation is a collection of activities that confirm the accuracy of clinical data. This process is particularly important in the use of data extracted from health information technologies for clinical trials. After all, clinical data affect treatment decisions, which influences patient care and outcomes. Using the studies and …

Clinical data validation is a collection of activities that confirm the accuracy of clinical data. This process is particularly important in the use of data extracted from health information technologies for clinical trials. After all, clinical data affect treatment decisions, which influences patient care and outcomes. Using the studies and …

In order for a CDS system to effectively assist in clinical decision-making, it must have the confidence of its users. Testing the CDS system can help to overcome user concerns. Consider the following questions, and write a post about strategies for validation testing. Describe some of the advantages and challenges …

Imagine that you work at a health care organization that is discussing a major information sharing proposal with other major providers and payers in the region: the development of a regional health network allowing clinicians broad access to patient data with patient permission, of course. Write a post in which …

Patient information collected and stored by a health care facility is actually the property of the subject of the data (the patient). When a patient wants to share information among different (perhaps competing) health care facilities, how will it be handled? Imagine this scenario: As a manager of a local …

Imagine that you are working in a hospital setting as a nutrition educator under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian (RD). On this particular day the supervising dietitian gives you a referral for a new patient that has been admitted into the cardiac care unit. Your task is to be …

Consider the following questions: What potential legal and ethical issues can occur from improper use of CDS systems?How can improper use and the resulting legal and ethical issues be prevented? For this discussion post, assume you are a data analyst who is visited by the head of the legal department …