Discuss ways that health care organizations can make the most of their electronic health record (EHR) investments in light of meaningful use.

To prepare: In this Application Assignment, you analyze meaningful use criteria to determine the authentic legal, financial, and ethical issues that may surround it.

• Reflect on the information presented      in the Learning Resources, focusing on meaningful use legislation and the      “Ethics in Nursing Informatics” section of your course text.
• Investigate the legal, financial, and      ethical issues surrounding meaningful use.
• Ask yourself: What are the goals of      meaningful use?

By Friday 10/06/17 10 pm, write a 4- to 5-page essay in APA format with at least 5 references from my list of required readings provided below, in which you include the level one as per APA format guidelines: 1) A cover page. 2) An introduction ending with a purpose statement (e.g. “The purpose of this paper is…) 3) Summarize the legal, financial, and ethical issues that may arise as a result of meaningful use legislation. 4) Explain how these issues might present barriers to successful implementation within an organization. 5) Discuss ways that health care organizations can make the most of their electronic health record (EHR) investments in light of meaningful use. 6) Explain how EHR-related meaningful use legislation is being implemented in your organization. 7) A conclusion 8) A references pages in APA format. Required Readings California HealthCare Foundation. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.chcf.org/ The California HealthCare Foundation outlines quality reform plans that improve efficiency and reduce cost for California’s patients. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2010). CMS EHR meaningful use overview. https://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/30_Meaningful_Use.asp The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines the term meaningful use and also its view of meaningful use criteria, requirements, and financial impact. Course Text: Ball, M. J., Douglas, J. V., Hinton Walker, P., DuLong, D., Gugerty, B., Hannah, K. J., . . . Troseth, M. R. (Eds.) (2011). Nursing informatics: Where technology and caring meet (4th ed.). London, England: Springer-Verlag.

• Chapter 14, “Usability and      Clinical Application Design”

This chapter begins by defining the terms usability and application design as they are used in the field of nursing informatics. The authors then describe the literature review and analytic process that the TIGER Collaborative group underwent to positively transform the development of HIT systems.]]>