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

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%

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