The purpose of this assignment is to research and become familiar with EHR technology platforms.

Provide an example of an EHR-based clinical decision support tool from a workplace experience or current online resource. Describe the impact of the decision support tool on the quality of patient care.

Read the Department of Justice story, “South Jersey Doctor Charged in Health Care Fraud Billing Scheme.” Then, write a 1–2 page report in which you:

Develop a realistic case and Identify a chronic illness and its relationship to rehabilitation. Could be from a previous experience on your career.

For your assignment this week, you will be developing a research question. Share with the class three possible research questions that you are considering in order to obtain feedback from your peers. Provide rationale and justification for each. Include at least one scholarly article to support one of the proposed topics.

For this assignment, you will prepare a 15- to 20-slide PowerPoint presentation with detailed speaker’s notes of 100 to 150 words for each slide, not including the title and reference slides.The presentation will be created from the perspective of an upper-level administrator of one of the following types of health care organizations:

Psychiatric notes are a way to reflect on your practicum experiences and connect them to the didactic learning you gain from your NRNP courses. Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation notes, such as the ones required in this practicum course, are often used in clinical settings to document patient care.

Define “needs assessment” and explain the various types of needs assessments. Provide a workplace example of an improvement opportunity and identify the methods of needs assessment that could be used in the situation.

Describe the different data entry methods used by clinicians. Which methods are the most efficient and why are some approaches favored over others by clinicians? How is information stored and retrieved in the EHR?

Successful completion of this project is intended to demonstrate the student’s ability to effectively “synthesize and integrate knowledge acquired in coursework” (CE Handbook, rev. Aug 2016), as well as demonstrate application of theory and theoretical principles in discussion of a public health topic of choice.