Accountability Act

Question 1

Part 2 pages double space

There are many emerging trends and information technology (IT) tools used in health care, such as e-mail between the patient and provider, e-prescribing, and computerized physician order entry (CPOE). Write a paper of at least 2 pages, not including title page, abstract page, and reference page that discusses the following:

• Describe the guidelines for electronic e-mail in health care.
• What types of e-mails are used in a health care setting? Examples include the following:
  • Patient to provider
  • Provider to provider
• List any security measures that are needed to protect the patient health record (PHI), such as encryption, e-prescribing guidelines, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines.

Be sure to support your information by citing at least 2 references using APA format.

Question 2

Length- 2 pages double space

This course is comprised of a series of Individual Project assignments that will contribute to a Key Assignment submission at the end of the course. The final Key Assignment is due in Week 5.

For this assignment, write two (2) pages, not including the title page, the abstract page, and the reference page that discusses the following:

The type of data collected in each different facility’s patient health records is established by required standards or regulations.

Describe each data set element, who developed the data set, and compare the similarities and differences of each data set to the others for the following 3 data sets:

• Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) for inpatients
• Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS) for outpatient or ambulatory patients
• Minimum Data Set (MDS) for long-term care

Be sure to support your information by citing at least 2 references using APA format.