Ashford 3: – Week 2 – Case Study

Case Studies
Select two of the following case studies and answer the questions associated with those case studies.
 

Chapter 7:

• How are patients prioritized      for bed assignment?
• Describe some of the advantages      and disadvantages of this new software; include the stated organizational      goals in your answer.
• Discuss how this software might      share data with other institutional applications to provide a dashboard      view of census-type activity.

 Chapter 8:

• Which components are critical      to Mrs. Smith staying safely in her home?
• Describe whether Mrs. Smith’s      regimen might be augmented using mhealth applications.

 Chapter 9:

• Why would it be important to      introduce the clinicians to standardized terminologies and involve them in      discussions about electronic health records (EHRs) before contacting      potential software vendors, or should you use the reverse approach?
• What steps would you need to      complete before reporting to the board of directors?

 Chapter 10:

• Describe the approaches you      would use to ensure that all aspects of patient care were considered when      developing a clinical decision support (CDS) system. 
  • How would you prioritize the       efforts of your CDS team?
• How would you balance the need      to deliver desired CDS capabilities quickly against the benefits of      establishing robust infrastructure to enable future deliverables to be      implemented more quickly?
• Identify one area for quality      and value improvement. 
  • Define CDS interventions that       you would implement to address this area of need.
  • Describe how your approach       aligns with the best practices discussed in this chapter.
  • How would you systematically       measure the impact of these CDS interventions?

 For each case study, your paper should be two to three pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. In addition to the textbook, utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources per case study to support your statements.  
 

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