HCI660 Health Data Analytics
Week 2 Assignment
Benchmark – Report Specifications
The purpose of this assignment is to describe the considerations for gathering report specifications. In a 500-700 word essay, address the following:
Describe the purpose of reports in health care.
What are the benefits of generating reports from gathered data? Provide an example of how report data are used in a health care setting.
Describe how incomplete clinical documentation, disparate electronic records, and inconsistent policy affects data acquisition.
Describe factors that can influence how often data should be collected.
Assess the information needed to perform a workflow study tied to wait times in an emergency department. Include the relevant data that would need to be acquired in order to evaluate wait times.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment asssesses the following programmatic competencies:
2.2 (MS), 6.6 (MSN): Assess the information needs of end users in order to assist in the acquisition of relevant data.
HCI660 Health Data Analytics
Week 3 Assignment
Benchmark – Health Information Technology
The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on how technology assists with the management of health care data to improve services and outcomes. This is a reflective paper that is intended to be completed after you have successfully completed Tableau VLAB Activity 3.
In a 750–1,000 word reflective essay, discuss how health information technology assists with the management of health data. Include the following in your essay:
Describe the two online databases you worked with in VLab.
Describe how you utilized health information technologies, applications, tools, processes, and structures to manage health data.
Which specific analytics technologies are utilized most often by health care organizations?
Analyze and interpret the data from the Tableau VLab and explain how the data can be used to improve health care services and health-related outcomes and promote wellness among populations?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
1.3 (MS), 6.3 (MSN): Apply knowledge of health information technology applications, tools, processes, and structures to manage health data.
2.1 (MS), 6.5 (MSN): Analyze and interpret health-related data for the purposes of improving health care services and health-related outcomes and promoting wellness among populations.
HCI660 Health Data Analytics
Week 5 Assignment
Data Processing
The purpose of this assignment is to explore the challenges associated with abstracting, normalizing, and reconciling clinical data from multiple disparate sources. In a 500-750 word paper address the following:
How are data abstracted from clinical records?
Describe the process of normalizing data.
Describe the process of reconciling data.
What are the challenges associated with using data from different sources?
This assignment requires two or three scholarly sources.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
HCI660 Health Data Analytics
Week 7 Assignment
Benchmark – Data Presentation
The purpose of this assignment is to create a visual for displaying data.
Use the data from the Tableau VLab Activity to create a visual representation of the data in the form of a report, chart, or graph. Include a brief rationale explaining how the data were organized and used in the creation of the visualization and why you chose the specific visual element.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assessses the following programmatic competencies:
2.5 (MS), 6.9 (MSN): Present health care data and information using effective visualization techniques.
