INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT – PARAMETERS
Type: Formal assignment that is individually researched and written.
Scope: Original research and writing on a practical or theoretical topic in an area of quality management or health information governance.
Length: Per Subject Learning Guide. Weighting: Per Subject Learning Guide. Due Date: Per Subject Learning Guide.
Topics: Answer one of the following questions.
Note. The following documents are provided for you in this subject:
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Subject Document No 1 –
Subject Learning Guide
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Subject Document No 2 –
Assignment Topics (this document)
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Subject Document No 3 –
Planning, preparing and writing assignments in Health Information
Management subjects.
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS – CHOOSE ONE FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST
References
To get you started, some suggested References (journal articles, books, and reports, e.g. from governments or statutory authorities) for the listed topics are included below. You will also find additional items to inform your writing on many of the topics.
*‐ Some are provided in LMS under the relevant Module, with the lecture notes (marked below as *).
These are articles and reports that have been included in the Required or Recommended Reading in the Powerpoint lecture slides for various topics/modules.
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‐ Some are provided in LMS, section for ‘Extra References ‐ Useful for Various Assignment Topics’. They are listed there in alphabetical order of author surname (not topic). Some items are available on LMS (marked †). Some other items are held:
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‐ In the University Library (marked ‡).
Check the Library Catalogue for the location of the books, as some are held at Course Reserve; other books are available on the Library shelves for reading and/or borrowing. Several of the books recommended are ‘classics’ in the quality management literature.
− You will find the journal articles in the relevant journal(s), accessed via the Library Databases.
− Some items are available from reputable websites, in which case the URL or name of the organisation is provided.
IMPORTANT: Many items listed are relevant to more than the one topic; often, they are relevant to several topics. Therefore, please take care to look through the whole list before you begin your research.
SOME CORE READINGS THAT MAY BE USEFUL FOR VARIOUS ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
Check the Library – Course Reserve and the Library shelves.
‡ Balding, C. 2011.
The strategic quality manager: a handbook for navigating quality management roles in health and aged care. Melbourne, Victoria: Arcade Custom.
o Available at Course Reserve. For information: C Balding is an HIM.
‡ Donabedian, A. 2003.
An introduction to quality assurance in health care.
R. Bashshur (Ed.) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
o Chapter 1 is available separately online via Digital Reserve: access via the Library Catalogue.
o The whole book is available in LTU Library – Check Course Reserve.
‡ Ell, M.F. and Ell, J.D. 1991.
Quality assurance demystified.
Gisborne, Victoria: ME Medical Information Systems.
o This is very old and is a ‘classic’. This easy‐to‐read little book is available in LTU Library at Course Reserve. There are multiple copies on the Library shelves, for borrowing. M Ell is an HIM.
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‡ Wilson, L. and Goldschmidt, P. 1995.
Quality management in health care. New York, New York: McGraw Hill.
o Check the Table of Contents and the Index, and read the section(s)/pages that you need.
o Available Course Reserve.
‡ Wolff, A. and Taylor, S. 2009.
Enhancing patient care: a practical guide to improving quality and safety in hospitals.
Sydney, NSW: Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd (AMPCo).
o Various chapters are relevant to assignment topics.
o Available at Course Reserve.
HEALTH INFORMATION AND SYSTEM GOVERNANCE
Topic A: Explain and critique the concept of health information governance, and comment on the related responsibilities of Health Information Managers.
Scan topics throughout this list for possible references, according to the focus you wish to take, e.g. you could refer to one or all of: HIMs’ coded data responsibilities, HIMs’ ICT and system
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related responsibilities, HIMs’ analytics responsibilities, HIMs’ auditing responsibilities, and HIMs’ data and medical record management responsibilities.
Topic B: Explain and analyse the concept of health information and system governance and the related responsibilities of Health Information Managers with respect to the protection of patients’ rights (e.g. to privacy, accuracy and integrity of data, availability of health information).
Topic C: Explain the concept of health information and system governance in the context of Australia’s
My Health Record, with particular reference to the opt
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out arrangements.
Torrens, E. and Walker, S.M. 2017. Demographic characteristics of Australian health consumers who were early registrants for opt‐in personally controlled electronic health records.
Health Information Management Journal
46(3): 127‐133.
Refer to items on the Australian Digital Health Agency’s website.
Topic D: Explain the concept of health information and system governance in the context of Australia’s
My Health Record.
Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). 2019.
Tenth clinical safety review of the My Health Record system. Presentation of clinical document information from the My Health Record system in the National Provider Portal and clinical information systems. Summary report. Sydney, New South Wales: ACSQHC.
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This report is available at the ACSQHC website, section on ‘Publications’.