Key information Due date: see Unit Guide Weighting: 30% Word count: XXXXXXXXXX% – 5%) Word count excludes references and headings. Purpose The purpose of this research report is to provide students...

Key information

• Due date: see Unit Guide


• Weighting: 30%

Word count: 1500 (+15% – 5%) Word count excludes references and headings.

Purpose

The purpose of this research report is to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate critical thinking in the context of adoption and use of a real-life health informatics implementation chosen by the student from their literature research. These demonstrated skills will be useful for the student in subsequent situations where the student may be participating in a business case or participating in design or implementation for a health informatics solution.

Task

The task is to prepare a research report that critically evaluates a health informatics solution (subsequently below this is called the “Solution”) that has been implemented in Australia or globally by using an analysis method presented in class (and made available for reference on the unit CloudDeakin site). You should identify and choose a real-world Solution that is a health informatics implementation. Some current example Solution implementations include My Health Record, Practice Incentives Program eHealth Incentive (ePIP), Queensland Health IT implementation at a state level, Medicare-funded Telehealth initiatives, the Epic Electronic Medical Records implementation at Royal Children hospital in Australia or any similar such Solution that has been implemented in your organisation or country. It is recommended to choose a contemporary Solution that is well documented and that fits within the context of the HME704 curriculum. Contact your educational advisor if you are unsure of how to pick a Solution topic.

Your report should:

• Include a brief history of the chosen Solution to provide context for your analysis and identify any relevant evaluation that has already been carried out by other researchers and provide an assessment of the importance of the Solution, and the future direction of the Solution.


• Critically evaluate the outcome of the Solution as far as is currently known.


• Describe the positive or negative aspects of the Solution implementation and provide an evidence-based rationale.


• Discuss the Solution’s importance and derive lessons that you believe would apply to other implementations.

The report should comprise of the below sections:

• Introduction and Context
  
  
  • Introduces the chosen Solution and the problem it is trying to solve and provides organisation context.
  
  
  
  


• Literature Review
  
  
  • Reviews the relevant literature about the identified problem in the chosen organisation and the health informatics Solution to be investigated that helps the student analyse the Solution.
  
  
  
  


• Analysis, Evaluation and Discussion
  
  
  • Explains how the health informatics Solution will resolve identified issues/problems and how any barriers/or complexities that have been identified were / will be overcome.
  
  
  • Inferences are clearly and logically linked to and drawn from the analysis, and clearly discussed.
  
  
  • This section should consider at least some of these questions:
    
    
    • Is (was) there a clear need for the Solution?
    
    
    • Is (was) there a defined population or clear stakeholders who would benefit from this Solution?
    
    
    • Are there (were there) clear expected benefits of the Solution and if so, for which stakeholders?
    
    
    • Is the Solution likely to reach a larger population than the initial implementation, and if so, what are the factors that might make it scale?
    
    
    • Is there a credible causal pathway for the Solution to achieve the desired impact?
    
    
    • What are the key components or success factors of the Solution? Which one’s impact on the predicted outcome, and how do they interact with each other?
    
    
    • What change management strategies were used to support system implementation and adoption of the Solution?
    
    
    • What is the likely direction and magnitude of the effect of the Solution, or its components?
    
    
    • How confident are you about the magnitude of the effect of the Solution or its components?
    
    
    • Has the possibility of unintended consequences been adequately considered by the Solution? Were the likelihood of risks or adverse outcomes assessed?
    
    
    • Were cost and disbenefits adequately considered and measured for the Solution?
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Recommendations
  
  
  • This section should outline your recommendations that you would propose for the Solution to have even greater impact or benefit.
  
  
  
  


• References