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Question 1. What are the key steps in the progression of HIS according to the HIS conceptual model? What is the relationship between the various layers?
Question 2. Why is it necessary to be attentive in entering data elements that may not have a clear relationship to the work being done? How does the information use or data collection of a laboratory technician in a hospital differ from that of a public health administrator at a county agency or a specialist physician at an outpatient facility?
Question 3. As more healthcare provider organizations adopt EHRs, what do you think will be the effect on healthcare-related research? On public health issues?
Question 4. Why are healthcare organizations just in the beginning stages of engaging patients in their care? Do you think HIS has anything to do with this change? Do you think this will have a beneficial effect for the organizations? For the patients? Explain.
Question 5. Insurance companies use a lot of data from provider organizations' HIS to process claims and calculate reimbursement. How important is this practice to the overall healthcare process? Given that this process involves money for the provider organizations, which is more important: HIS for patient care or HIS for gaining reimbursement for that care?
Question 6. Military personnel and veterans often get their care from military or VA healthcare providers, but some of their care is received in non-military settings. How might clinical data from one setting be sent to another for purposes of caring for these military patients?
Question 7. What are primary uses of HIS? What are secondary uses of HIS? Which of these can best help the U.S. healthcare system improve?
Question 8. Public health reporting and surveillance systems have gotten much more attention since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Do you think this is justified? Who do you think should be responsible for surveillance-healthcare providers like hospitals and physician offices or the government?"