HIM 480 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

As a professional in the HIM field, you will be tasked in the final project with handling the multiple complexities of implementing an EMR at Shoreline Health System (SHS), mimicking all the considerations and issues of a real-life implementation. Such an undertaking requires research, understanding of the current environment at SHS, financial evaluation, and engaging invested stakeholders. Beyond justifying your choice of EMR vendor, you will also assess how such implementation will meet the complex needs of SHS by meeting required standards. Knowing that your educated opinion will be essential to how the system is implemented, you will be required to present your proposal as a PowerPoint presentation, as if you were presenting to the Board of Directors of SHS.

You will need to review this case study for detailed information about SHS.

Prompt

In this milestone, you will submit a comprehensive information technology plan for the ambulatory EMR at SHS and a change-management strategy to effectively implement the EMR. You will review and choose one of the following vendors:

• Trinity Systems Proposal
• Champion Charts Proposal

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Proposed Information Technology Plan: Provide a comprehensive information technology plan for implementing the ambulatory EMR.
1. Recommend a vendor by using a vendor-selection process for a new EMR, and explain why this vendor will improve accreditation requirements, reimbursement, legal and ethical concerns, audit controls, and patient safety compared with other options.
2. Develop a strategy to approach vendor negotiation to reduce costs and uphold quality.
3. Describe accreditation standards relevant to the implementation of the EMR.
4. Prepare a contingency plan in the event of system downtime.
2. Implementation Plan
1. Prepare a change-management strategy to effectively implement the ambulatory EMR.
2. Prepare an appropriate project management tool to demonstrate the timeline of the implementation.
3. Develop a training for staff for compliance with safety and security laws.
4. Detail the reporting of the implementation plan for accreditation status.

What to Submit

This milestone should be submitted as PowerPoint slides. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Knowing that your educated opinion will be essential to how the system is implemented, please note that for your Final Project, you will be required to present your proposal (including elements from sections III and IV above) as part of your Final Project PowerPoint Presentation.

Note that the “Possible Indicators of Success” are examples for you and the instructor of the types of concepts to look for to demonstrate proficiency. They are neither exhaustive nor prescriptive; they should be used only as guides for illustrating how your work embodies the outcome. Course outcomes represented in the milestone components may not contain all of the Possible Indicators of Success but rather may focus on one or two of those elements. Additional elements will be found in other milestones. This allows you to practice meeting the course outcomes with different Possible Indicators of Success in milestone assignments.

For this milestone, the rubric below will be used to assess your progress toward meeting the course outcomes. If you are making progress toward meeting the course outcome, you will receive “In Progress.” If your submission does not show progress toward the course outcome, you will receive “Not Proficient.” In your final submission, incorporate feedback from your instructor to help better meet each course outcome.