Unit 4 Assignment 1: Joint Commission Standards Case Study For the Unit 4 Assignment 1, you will be considering accreditation bodies and how they affect healthcare and its delivery. The Joint Commissi

HI230: Qua lity Assu rance and Statistics in Hea lth Information U n it 4 Assignment 1 C ase s tu d y of S ta te C o mm un ity R eg ional (SC R) Con sul tant's Report on status of IT at State Communi ty Regio nal In fras tructure Finding s: As is c om m on with num ero us org an ization s attem pting to stay ab re ast of the fast im provem ents in data inno vation , State Comm un ity Regiona l of the W est ha s an ass ortm ent of Hardware and Software that is utili zed within the depa rtm ent. Individua l PC W or kst ations are utili zed within the facilit y, yet in num ero us secti on s the PC workst ation s are excessi vely old, m aking it im po ssi ble to give a suffici ent upda tes to the older s ystem s that wou ld m ost lik ely bo lst er depa rtm ental reporting ob ligations. There is no Org an ization -W ide Local-Area Network s et up . Progr amm ing app lic ation s and version s are no t standardized over t he facility, thu s ind ividua ls fro m diverse Depa rtm en ts can 't share inform ation an d data in electro nic form at. This pu shes s taff m em bers of the facility to cop y Repo rt-Gene ra tion upda tes, whe n sub sequ en t repo rts c on tain the same or com parab le inform ation. An Office Su ite App lication (such as MS Office) shou ld be availab le to them on a Lo cal-Are a Network an d this update alon e cou ld take care of this iss ue. The lack of a Local-Area Network an d a regulatory Databa se availab le to Departm ent Ma na ger s im plies tha t re po rts m ust be prepared in the or igina ting office (HI M) , yield on pape r, and given to the Adm inist ra tive Depa rtm ents to be used in the Adm inist ra tive App lic ation s. An Adm inist ra tive Databa se served by a Network to all D epa rtm ents wou ld pe rm it Data to be acc um ulated just once an d afterward wou ld be m ad e acc ess ible for Sub sequ en t Users. The m ajority of the logs t ha t the org an ization at presen t crea tes a lot extra work. Much of which are on an hourly or c on sist en t sc hedu le, cou ld be controlled m ore effici ently. Fac ili ty Kno wledge of IT Appli ca tion s: Despite the fact that there is wide variety of Hardware an d Software within the facilit y, ad m inist rative acti on in regards to the utili zation of nee ded Software ha s no t been im proved. A con siderab le am ount of the staff in the Interviews express ed tha t the y ha d acc ess to a Com puter W or kst ation yet ha d no t ha d sufficien t Training on utili zing the Software App lic ations. Sub sequen tly, m ost reporting is do ne withou t the utiliz ation of Software App lic ations (ie. do ne on electron ic t yping machine s). The utili zation of Software cou ld finish the tasks all the m ore ade qua tely an d effectively. This ci rcum stan ce is he ightened in light of the fact tha t there are such a variety of diverse version s of the sam e Software being utili zed within the facilit y. The re is no Hea lth Inform ation Managem ent (HI M) Adm inist rator to he lp HI230: Qua lity Assu rance and Statistics in Hea lth Information staff in tackli ng their I nform ation Processi ng iss ue s. Keeping up all t he diverse form s of all t he disti ncti ve Applic ation s is ba sic ally too m uch for IT st aff to ha ndle. Utiliz ation of D atabase System s: A few staff m em bers felt tha t po ss ible access to existi ng Databa ses wou ld enh ance the Pe rform an ce of the ir Adm inist ra tive Repo rting respon sibiliti es. This iss ue is one that nu m erou s faciliti es face as the y attem pt to make Databa se Inform ation obtainab le, yet keep up Databa se accuracy an d safegua rds. Spe cific ally, fou r of the staff m em bers no ticed that the y felt the ir Producti vity Repo rting cou ld be do ne quick er if data can be taken fro m t he Pa yroll System s D atabase. Som e felt tha t da ta ou ght to be m ade accessi ble fro m the Finan cial and Pa tient System fra m eworks and linked to an Adm inistrative da tabase. Stor age of D atabase Repor ting: The facility doe s not seem to have a storage policy for HIM D epa rtm ent. Depa rtm ental Staff choo ses for them selves to wha t extent they ou ght to keep reports t hat they produ ce or get. Num ero us D epartmen ts get and docum ent Repo rts for which the y have no utili zation , don't ha ve a clue of it origin, an d don't have the foggiest ide a about the re ason the y ha ve it. Most ad m inist rative records are pape r based and uno rg an ized. In the even t that the facility ha d an Adm inist rative Data System , do cum enting num erous repo rts c ould be done electron ically, expand ing the acc essi bilit y, while m aintaining the qua lity an d security of data for the lon gevity of the de pa rtm en t.