Short Paper
HIM 500 Module Eight Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric
This short paper will explore the benefits of having technologies/systems in place to provide more in-depth information that will help drive decision making.
The information that is gathered every day in healthcare drives patient care and the improvement of the quality of care. Each staff member within a healthcare institution has a role in improving patient care. In this short paper, complete the following:
1. Choose
Director of Admissions
one of the following managers:
Manager of Billing
Director of Nursing
Manager of Purchasing
Chief of Medicine
2. Considering what you have learned about these types of managers thus far and doing additional researching as necessary, answer the following:
How might the manager for whichever department you chose above use technology/systems to improve patient care? To minimize costs and
maximize efficiency? If you are having trouble, think generally here about how technology improves record keeping, and then consider the type
of data these managers and directors have to manage.
How does the system that the manager uses drive the decision making within the institution?
Support your answer with relevant sources.
Guidelines for Submission: The short paper should be submitted as a Word document and should be a minimum of 2 pages in length. All sources should be cited using APA style.
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HIM 500 Module Eight Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric
This short paper will explore the benefits of having technologies/systems in place to provide more in-depth information that will help drive decision making.
The information that is gathered every day in healthcare drives patient care and the improvement of the quality of care. Each staff member within a healthcare institution has a role in improving patient care. In this short paper, complete the following:
1. Choose one of the following managers:
Director of Admissions Manager of Billing Director of Nursing Manager of Purchasing Chief of Medicine
2. Considering what you have learned about these types of managers thus far and doing additional researching as necessary, answer the following:
How might the manager for whichever department you chose above use technology/systems to improve patient care? To minimize costs and maximize efficiency? If you are having trouble, think generally here about how technology improves record keeping, and then consider the type of data these managers and directors have to manage.
How does the system that the manager uses drive the decision making within the institution?
Support your answer with relevant sources.
Guidelines for Submission: The short paper should be submitted as a Word document and should be a minimum of 2 pages in length. All sources should be cited using APA style.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Managers Identifies a manager to discuss in paper
Does not identify a manager to discuss in paper
5
Patient Care Explains how the manager uses technology/systems to improve patient care

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Explains how the manager uses technology/systems to improve patient care, but lacks detail or clarity
Does not explain how the manager uses technology/systems to improve patient care
20
Costs and Efficiency Discusses how the manager uses technology/systems to minimize costs and maximize efficiency
Discusses how the manager uses technology/systems to minimize costs and maximize efficiency, but lacks detail or clarity
Does not discuss how the manager uses technology/systems to minimize costs and maximize efficiency
30
Decision Making Explains how the system that the manager uses drives the decision making within the institution
Explains how the system that the manager uses drives the decision making within the institution, but lacks detail or clarity
Does not explain how the system that the manager uses drives the decision making within the institution
35
Articulation of Response Paper is free of errors of organization and grammar
Paper contains errors of organization and grammar, but errors are limited enough so that the paper can be understood
Paper contains errors of organization and grammar making the paper difficult to understand
10
Total 100%
- HIM 500 Module Eight Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric
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Directions: This template identifies the material to be addressed in each part of the submission. The headers are in bold and represent the items in the rubric. Please replace all the items in italics with your content.
This short paper will explore the benefits of having technologies/systems in place to provide more in-depth information that will help drive decision making. The information that is gathered every day in healthcare drives patient care and the improvement of the quality of care. Each staff member within a healthcare institution has a role in improving patient care.
In this short paper, complete the following:
1. Choose one of the following managers:
· Director of Admissions
· Manager of Billing
· Director of Nursing
· Manager of Purchasing
· Chief of Medicine
2. Considering what you have learned about these types of managers thus far and doing additional researching as necessary, answer the following:
· How might the manager for whichever department you chose above use technology/systems to improve patient care? To minimize costs and maximize efficiency? If you are having trouble, think generally here about how technology improves record keeping, and then consider the type of data these managers and directors have to manage.
· How does the system that the manager uses drive the decision making within the institution?
Support your answer with relevant sources.
Guidelines for Submission:
The short paper should be submitted as a Word document and should be a minimum of 2 pages in length. All sources should be cited using APA style.
Manager
Identifies a manager to discuss in paper
· Director of Admissions
· Manager of Billing
· Director of Nursing
· Manager of Purchasing
· Chief of Medicine
Name the manager you are chose and define the role of this manager. Identify who the role reports to, who reports to the role and the primary role of this manager.
The best responses have at least one paragraph with at least 6 sentences with the first sentence providing a response, the second sentence supporting the response to show why the first sentence is important, the third sentence with an example, the fourth with a reference, the fifth asking for more information, the sixth tying all together. Cited journal articles support academic writing.
At least one citation of one journal article in this section to support what you are presenting in this section.
Patient Care
Explains how the manager uses technology/systems to improve patient care
Key Phrases are Uses Technology/Systems and Improve Patient Care
The best responses have at least TWO paragraphs with at least 6 sentences each with the first sentence providing a response, the second sentence supporting the response to show why the first sentence is important, the third sentence with an example, the fourth with a reference, the fifth asking for more information, the sixth tying all together. Cited journal articles support academic writing.
At least two citations of two journal articles in this section to support what you are presenting in this section.
Costs and Efficiency
Discusses how the manager uses technology/systems to minimize costs and maximize efficiency
Key Phrases are Uses Technology/Systems and Minimize Costs and Maximize Efficiency
The best responses have at least ONE paragraph with at least 6 sentences with the first sentence providing a response, the second sentence supporting the response to show why the first sentence is important, the third sentence with an example, the fourth with a reference, the fifth asking for more information, the sixth tying all together. Cited journal articles support academic writing.
At least one citation of a journal article in this section to support what you are presenting in this section.
Decision Making
Explains how the system that the manager uses drives the decision making within the institution.
Key Phrases are System Manager Uses and Decision Making
The best responses have at least ONE paragraph with at least 6 sentences with the first sentence providing a response, the second sentence supporting the response to show why the first sentence is important, the third sentence with an example, the fourth with a reference, the fifth asking for more information, the sixth tying all together. Cited journal articles support academic writing.
At least one citation of a journal article in this section to support what you are presenting in this section.
References
At least 3 different references matching the journal articles cited above. Please follow APA 7 format.
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