Overview: Imagine you have been contracted to consult on the recent developments at the Featherfall Medical Center. Featherfall has been struggling of late; it has had a series of problems that have p

HIM 500 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Overview: Imagine you have been contracted to consult on the recent developments at the Featherfall Medical Center. Featherfall has bee n struggling of late; it has had a series of problems that have prompted your hiring. It has faced the following issues: 1. Featherf all has recently violated several government regulations regarding the current state of its technology and how it is being us ed. The technology system is vastly out of date, and staff are not always using the technology that is in place or they are using t he technology inappropriately. These problems have lost the institution lots of money for not meeting government regulations and have caused operational and ethic al problems from inefficient and ineffective use of technology. 2. The staff at Featherfall are not well -trained on the use of technology and do not communicate appropriately about technology use. The roles that pertinent to your consult are the health information management team, the clinical staff (doctors, nurses, etc.), and adminis trative staff. The health information management team uses proper coding practices, and the current technology system serves them well, despite its age . However, other roles in the hospital have had issues with the system. Clinical staff, for instance, have had record -ke eping issues both due to lack of training on the system and the system itself being out of date. Administrative staff within the organization have taken issue with the lack of communica tion about the technology and its use between the various roles. When t he current technology system was chosen many years ago, the needs of these various roles were not considered. In this milestone, you will submit a discussion of the history of healthcare information management/informatics and the curre nt landscape in term s of technology. This milestone will set the stage for your project. Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Preparation for Consult : In this section of your final project, you will prepare for your consultation on the organizat ion’s technology choice. To prepare, you will analyze the field of health information management for determining standard technologies and guidelines related to t echnology use in order to inform your technology selection. A. Analyze key historical events in the field of health informatics for how technology has been used that could inform the management of health information. Be sure to support your response with appropriate examples. B. Determine guidelines for technology use in the field of health information management that Featherfall could implement. Be sure to support your response with research. C. Determine the standard technologies currently used in the field of health information management. Be sure to support your response with research. For example, what record -keeping technologies are typically used in the field? D. Develop an overview of how the pertinent roles described at Featherfall would interact with technology. E. Describe the process you would use to evaluate new health information technology systems. Be sure that your process will evaluate new systems based on how they meet the needs of the organization and how they are compliant with health regulations and laws. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: This milestone must be 2–3 pages in length (plus a cove r page and references) and must be written in APA format. Use double spacing, 12 -point Times New Roman font, and one -inch margins. All references cited in APA format. Critical Elements Proficient (100% ) Needs Improvement (75% ) Not Evident (0% ) Value Preparation for Consult:

Key Historical Events Analyzes key historical events in the field of health informatics for how technology has been used historically that could inform the management of health information, supporting response with appropriate examples Analyzes key historical events in the field of health informatics for how technology has been used historically that could inform the management of health information, supporting response with exam ples, but analysis is cursory or illogical or examples are inappropriate Does not analyze key historical events in the field of health informatics 18 Preparation for Consult: Guidelines Determines guidelines for technology use in the field of health information management that Featherfall could implement, supporting response with research Determines guidelines for technology use in the field of health information management that Featherfall could implement, supporting response with research, but deter mined guidelines are inappropriate, or supporting research is misaligned Does not determine guidelines for technology use in the field of health information management 18 Preparation for Consult:

Standard Technologies Determines the standard technologies currently used in the field of health information management, supporting response with research Determines technologies used in the field of health information management, supporting response with research, but determined technologies are not standard curr ently in the field, or supporting research is misaligned Does not determine technologies used in the field of health information management 18 Preparation for Consult: Roles Develops an overview of how the various roles at the healthcare institution interact with technology and the health information management team Develops an overview of how the roles at the healthcare institution interact with technology and the health information management team, but overview is cursory Does not develop an overvie w of how the roles at the healthcare institution interact with technology and the health information management team 18 Preparation for Consult: Evaluate Describes the process that would be used to evaluate new health information technology systems for th e institution that meet the needs of the organization and how they are compliant with health regulations and laws Describes the process that would be used to evaluate new health information technology systems for the institution, but description is cursory or misaligned with the needs of the organization or health laws and regulations Does not describe the process that would be used to evaluate new health information technology systems for the institution 18 Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 10 Total 100%