Week 5 –
Final Paper

Final Paper

Your Final Paper will focus on a particular main theme or topic related to
current and future requirements for the Electronic Health Record and its impact
on health care delivery and society.  Utilize your textbook for ideas and
information as you define and explore your theme/topic.  In addition to
your text, you must research other scholarly resources to reference in your
paper.

Possible Themes/Topics:

1. Decision Support Systems
2. Pharmacology Alerts
3. Telemedicine
4. HIPAA and Security
5. Advantages of  Electronic Coding
6. Data Entry from Point of Care
7. Improving Patient Care and Quality Utilizing the
   Electronic Health Record

For the Final Paper, choose a health
care facility or organization (e.g. your local clinic, pharmacy, or
hospital).  Then, select one topic from the list above.  In your
paper, discuss the role your theme/topic plays in information management for
the health professional.  Additionally, discuss the use of EHRs from the
perspective of the healthcare facility or organization you have chosen,
including any opportunities for improvement and/or limitations of its
use.  Next, analyze the current and future requirements of the EHR
and its impact on health care delivery and society and substantiate your
analysis with research.  Finally, include a paragraph that summarizes the
research articles you utilized for this assignment and why these references
were selected.  Your paper should be eight to ten double-spaced pages
(excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA 6th
edition as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  You must utilize at
least six scholarly sources that were published within the past five years,
including at least two from the Ashford University Library.  One of your
sources may be the textbook. 

Writing the Final PaperThe Final Paper:

Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and
formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing
Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a
succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical
thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least six scholarly sources, including a
minimum of two from the Ashford Online Library.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in
the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted
according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the
criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

See attached file and need help in answering questions.

Find the opinion of the Oregon Court of Appeals in the 2008 case of Helen Sollars (aka Helen Kelly) and Estate of Helene Valoff v. City of Milwaukie, and answer the following questions about the case. Please number your answers and, for the sake of clarity, refer to the parties as “the Seller”, “the Buyer”, and “the City”; avoid using names or “plaintiff” or “defendant” to identify the parties.

1. The case caption says that Helen Sollars (aka Helen Kelly) and the Estate of Helene Valoff are the plaintiffs in the case and that the City of Milwaukie is the Defendant. Why is the City of Milwaukie a party in the case? Why did the City of Milwaukie fail to appear (file any documents with) the Court of Appeals? This answer should take you only a few sentences.
2. Compare this case with the “Ohio treasure trove case”. If the link is not working, you will find that article in the Chapter 1 Illustrative Articles. (Note: If you find yourself looking at a tax case, you are not looking in the right place!)

1. 1. What were the legal issues that were at the core of the treasure trove case?
   2. Are the legal issues that the Sollars case is based upon the same as those presented by the treasure trove case? If not, how are they different?

This answer will take a couple of paragraphs.

3. What were the conflicting arguments of the buyer and the estate in the Sollars case about the language of the contract? (Please use legal terminology.) Again, a couple of well-thought out paragraphs should be sufficient

4. Do you feel that the language of the contract was unambiguous? If so, what do you think the clear meaning of the contract was? In other words, do you think the Court of Appeals or the trial court was right? (Remember that the Supreme Court hasn’t yet ruled on this, so we don’t yet have the Last Word on the matter and you can’t say that “the Oregon Court of Appeals was right because it had the last word.”) If you feel that the language was ambiguous, what are the potential meanings you see, and which one do you feel the court should have applied? Why? A couple of paragraphs should be okay.

5. Rewrite the “personal property” provision of the contract to make it clearer in regard to unknown property on the premises. (Note: Don’t tell me what your provision would be intended to do: write the provision!) Can you see any problems that might arise from including your language in all contracts for the sale and purchase of residential real estate?

Conducting Research 
A peer reviewed journal or article is an article or journal that has been reviewed by experts in the field and deemed to be worth reading by other professionals. Typically this is an extensive process in which reviewers are carefully vetted for expertise and professional experience. In this assignment, you will have an opportunity to examine a peer reviewed article and apply what you have learned to a professional scenario or activity.

Please refer to the following tutorials for guidance on conducting scholarly research:

• About Scholarly Journals and Online Databases
• How to Conduct Research Using the Ashford Library 

Activity:
Imagine you are the lead for a team of 10 remote employees in an organization. [Note: The organization might be an institution of higher education, a PK-12 school, a corporate initiative, or even a military group. The choice is yours; as you consider this dilemma however, keep the employee/learner audience you have selected in mind!] The 10 employees live across the United States and are therefore in different time zones. There is no budget to bring everyone together physically in the same location. The dilemma is that you need to quickly train your team of 10 on new policies and procedures for your organization about taking leave time. You also need to train everyone how to use the scheduling system for leave time. A few of the employees suggest a meeting with the group using a webinar. Pat, one of your employees, recommends Adobe Connect. Ryan, another employee suggests Blackboard Collaborate. However, you are thinking of free options, such as Skype or similar free software for synchronous interaction given your budgetary restrictions. To prepare for your decision, you decide to review literature about synchronous e-learning.

STEP 1: Review Synchronous Learning Literature
Pat sends you Hrastinski’s (2008) article about asynchronous and synchronous e-learning online and Ryan sends you the McBrien, Jones, and Cheng’s (2009) article on employing synchronous online classrooms for student engagement:

• Hrastinski, S. (2008). Asynchronous and synchronous e-learning. Educause Quarterly, 4, 51-55. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0848.pdf
• McBrien, J. L., Jones, P., & Cheng, R. (2009, June). Virtual spaces: Employing a synchronous online classroom to facilitate student engagement in online learning. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(3). Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/605/1264

Although the articles are helpful, you decide you need more current literature about synchronous learning. Therefore, you decide to go to your favorite library (i.e., the Ashford University Library!) to research more current articles about training with synchronous tools.

After reading the articles from Hrastinski (2008) and McBrien, et al (2009), linked above, use to locate at least one more scholarly article about use of synchronous tools for E-Learning and instructional design. The article needs to come from a peer reviewed source (e.g., Journal) and be a full-text article. 

• Tip: Suggested search keywords are “synchronous learning,” “elearning tools,” “synchronous instructional design.”. You should then use this article(s) to support your response in the weekly discussion. Please specify the database where you located the article(s) as part of your APA citation.

STEP 2: Research Specific Tools
Review the following product pages for the three products you are considering to gain more familiarity with each tool in terms of options and pricing. As you review each product, consider how you might design the training for your team of 10 and what features you will want to incorporate based on the literature about designing for synchronous learning you reviewed in Step 1.

• Adobe Connect
• Blackboard Collaborate
• Skype

STEP 3: Write a Response to the Dilemma
Construct a response (e.g., Letter, Email, Video) to your team addressing the suggestions made for webinar training and the tools you’ve considered. The letter must explain your thoughts on the use of a synchronous learning as an eLearning tool and discuss specific trends and issues with instructional design in relation to using synchronous learning. Support your discussion in the response by synthesizing and referring to the literature you reviewed. For the citation of the article you selected, please be sure to include the database where you retrieved the article. If you select a video option, a transcript or closed captioning is required.

1. Define organizational
   behavior, discuss its purpose, as well as what it includes within an
   organization.

2. Explain what motivation
   is and the benefit for organizations to have motivated employees. In addition,
   identify and describe the most valuable asset an organization has and how they
   keep them motivated.

3. Explain
the two key practices to managing an employee’s performance.

4. List
and describe the five key steps that a successful organization should take to
handle conflict.

5. Explain
what makes negotiations successful.

6. Explain
what job design is, why it is essential to an organization.

7. List
and explain the five steps in job design.

8. List
and describe the three main types of organizational structures.

9.What is the corporate culture of an organization and why is it
important.

10. List
and discuss the five basic steps to effective change management.

Data accuracy and security are crucial to the administration of electronic medical records. Threats to the use of electronic medical records include physical loss or damage, crimes, viruses, and unauthorized access.

Prepare a well-written paper that addresses the following topics and requirements:

• Select one of the following topics:
  • Health Systems Security
  • Health Systems Quality
  • Health Systems Privacy
• Research and locate 5-7 peer-reviewed articles on one of the above topics.
• Describe the selected topic in your own words. Explain the importance of the topic in planning and implementing HMIS.
• Synthesize the key findings of each article into a summary that encompasses the 5-7 articles you researched. Include an assessment of the implications of laws, regulations, and ethics for the overall findings of your research into health systems security, health systems quality, or health systems privacy.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be 4-6 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages
• Cite 5-7 references. (Remember, you must support your thinking/opinions and prior knowledge with references; all facts must be supported; use in-text citations throughout the assignment and include them in an APA-formatted reference list.)