ONC Health IT Curriculum Resources for Educators Component 9: Networking and Health Information Exchange

Component 9; Networking and Health Information Exchange

Component Description:

In-depth analysis of data mobility including the hardware infrastructure (wires, wireless, and devices supporting them), the ISO stack, standards, Internet protocols, federations and grids, and nationwide approaches to health information exchange.

Component 9; Unit 1: ISO Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)

Description:

This unit will address the OSI, including the purpose and content of each of its seven layers:  physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, and application. Products, processes, protocols and tools at each level will be explained. This unit will also focus on the flow of data through the models as data is transmitted and receive by end devices.

 

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Component 9; Unit 2: Network Media and Hardware Communication Devices

Description:

This unit is designed to help the student understand network media, hardware devices, and how to select appropriate items to meet the guidelines for usage.

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Component 9: Unit 3: Standards Developing Organizations

Description:

This unit introduces students to the national and international organizations that create standards used in networking and health information exchange.

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Component 9: Unit 4: Basic Health Data Standards

Description:

This unit provides and orientation to the important data-related standards that enable interoperable health data interchange

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Component 9; Unit 5: Health Data Interchange Standards

Description:

This unit introduces some recognized standards for data interchange between disparate systems. In particular, HL7 versions 2 and 3 are discussed.

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Component 9; Unit 6: EHR Functional Model Standards

Description:

This unit explores the functional requirements and some of the standards that exist for electronic health records (EHRs).

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Component 9; Unit 7: Supporting Standards for EHR Applications

Description:

This unit presents a set of standards that support the application layer of the OSI and extend EHR Functionality.

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Component 9; Unit 8: Enterprise Architecture Models

Description:

This unit addresses different enterprise architecture models that provide an infrastructure for healthcare networks.

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Component 9; Unit 9: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Issues and Standards

Description:

This unit explores issues related to creating an environment in which to transport data in a secure manner that ensures privacy and confidentiality.

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Component 9; Unit 10: Health Information Exchange

Description:

This unit explores the networking standards and the standards required for interoperability to enable the creation of Health Information Exchanges

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ONC Health IT Curriculum Resources for Educators Component 8: Installation and Maintenance of Health IT Systems

Component 8; Installation and Maintenance of Health IT Systems

Component Description:

Instruction in installation and maintenance of health IT systems, including testing prior to implementation. Introduction to principles underlying system configuration. Hands-on experiences in computer labs and on-site in health organizations.

Component 8; Unit 1: Elements of a Typical EHR System

Description:

This unit will give a brief overview of a typical Electronic Health Record (or EHR) system, including discussion of the Institute of Medicine’s six aims for improving healthcare, what an EHR is, and how it has evolved. Additionally, it will outline the types of network elements an EHR system needs to function, as well as its typical hardware and software components.

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Component 8; Unit 2: Software and Certification

Description:

This unit will discuss the differences in COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) and in-house/homegrown systems and how to select the system to meet the needs of the end users.

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Component 8; Unit 3: System Selection – Functional and Technical Requirements

Description:

This unit explores aspects of functional requirements of systems (by users) and technical requirements (by the system), including how to determine, document, prioritize, and act on those requirements.

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Component 8; Unit 4 Structured Systems Analysis and Design

Description:

This unit will discuss generalities about project management along with the role of the project manager.  It will also cover in some detail the various components of a typical project plan and how to design a project plan for a typical EHR system.

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Component 8; Unit 5: Software Development Life Cycle

Description:

This unit will discuss generalities about project management along with the role of the project manager.  It will also cover in some detail the various components of a typical project plan and how to design a project plan for a typical EHR system.

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Component 8; Unit 6: Installation and Maintenance of Health IT Systems

Description:

This unit will discuss the security rules required by regulation and best practices for implementation and monitoring of security in EHR systems.

Topics in this unit include: Federal, state, and local health information regulations for EHRs, computer and network system vulnerabilities and best practices for identification and mitigation of those vulnerabilities, information access and protection measures, and user security training.

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Component 8; Unit 7: System Interfaces and Integration

Description:

This unit will define interface and integration and explain their importance, discuss common interface methods point to point and interface engines and the types of protocols they use, examine HL7 and how it simplifies the process of communicating between various dissimilar components, and connecting your EHR system to the outside world.

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Component 8; Unit 8: Troubleshooting, Maintenance and Upgrades, and Interaction with Vendors, Developers, and Users

Description:

This unit will discuss ways you can implement an infrastructure for troubleshooting, and maintaining EHRs and their existing infrastructure introduction.

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Component 8; Unit 9: Creating Fault Tolerant Systems, Backups, and Decommissioning

Description:

This unit will discuss ensuring availability and resiliency through fault tolerance, data reliability through backup, and secure decommissioning of EHR systems.

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Component 8; Unit 10: Developing a Test Strategy and Test Plan

Description:

This unit will discuss the various elements required for developing a test strategy and plan for testing your EHR software prior to final acceptance.

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Component 8; Unit 11 Pilot Testing and Full-Scale Deployment

Description:

This unit will discuss rollout phases of an EHR system, to smaller test user communities and to the entire organization.

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ONC Health IT Curriculum Resources for Educators Component 7: Working with Health IT Systems

Component 7: Working with Health IT Systems

Component Description:

This is a laboratory component.  Students will work with simulated systems or real systems with simulated data.  As they play the role of practitioners using these systems, they will learn what is happening “under the hood.”  They will experience threats to security and appreciate the need for standards, high levels of usability, and how errors can occur. Materials must support hands-on experience in computer labs and on-site in health organizations.

Component 7; Unit 1: Introduction & Overview: Components of HIT Systems

Description:

This unit is an introductory unit where the core definitions and concepts of systems in general and healthcare specifically are presented.  Using hands-on exploratory lab exercises, students will be introduced to an example HIT system where they will learn basic navigation and gain familiarity with components common to many clinical HIT systems. Specific examples of HIT systems from a variety of settings will be discussed.

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Component 7; Unit 2: Under the Hood

Description:

Unit 2 is designed to introduce students to the generic functions of HIT systems that underpin inpatient and outpatient (ambulatory) processes. Crafted HIT lab exercises will lead the student through a simulated patient encounter to highlight how HIT systems support, and sometimes thwart, information flow.

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Component 7; Unit 3: Understanding Information Exchange in HIT Systems

Description:

Unit 3 will focus upon the functional aspects of interoperability within and between systems.  Applying didactically presented concepts to hands on lab assignments, students will be challenged to locate and collate data from disparate systems and to assist users in planning for enhanced information flow in HIT systems.

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Component 7; Unit 4: The Effective IT System

Description:

Unit 4 is designed to emphasize the aspects of HIT that contribute to effectiveness and meaningful use.  The concepts of usability, consistency, and reliability in regards to HIT systems and how each contributes to, or detracts from, effectiveness will be presented.  Definitions of evidence-based practice and guideline-enhanced care will be covered in addition to how HIT can support effective, safe, and efficient patient-centered care.

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Component 7; Unit 5: Fundamentals of Usability in HIT Systems – What Does it Matter?

Description:

Unit 5 will present the basic concepts of usability in general and HIT usability specifically.  Students will be exposed to usability bottlenecks and learn to identify usability roadblocks in the EHRS lab system, hypothesizing potential downstream effects of poor usability, and suggesting solutions/alternate designs.  This unit will detail the relationships between usability, user satisfaction, and workarounds.

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Component 7; Unit 6: HIT Facilitated Error – Cause and Effect

Description:

Unit 6 is a unit that will focus upon error in health and healthcare that can be facilitated and propagated by HIT.  Different classes of HIT errors (slips/mistakes, omission/commission) will be discussed and differentiated.  Specific scenarios that create opportunities for HIT facilitated error will be presented to students in the lab exercises.  In these exercises, students will apply concepts learned in the didactic portion of this unit to identify error, classify error, analyze root cause, and propose solutions.

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Component 7; Unit 7: Protecting Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality in HIT Systems

Description:

Unit 7 is designed to present an overview of the concepts of privacy, security, and confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) in relation to HIT systems.  Threats to PHI frequently encountered in HIT environments such as password sharing, offsite access to EHRS, challenges of staff turn-over and student access, unauthorized access, etc. will be detailed.  Students will be exposed to simulated breeches of privacy, security and confidentiality of PHI in lab exercises, asked to identify, and propose strategies to thwart

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Component 7; Unit 8: HIT System Planning, Acquisition, Installation, &Training:  Practices to Support & Pitfalls to Avoid

Description:

Unit 8 is a unit where the core definitions and concepts of HIT systems planning, acquisition, installation, and training are presented.  A variety of different settings will be used as examples in the unit, including small office practices, community clinics, acute care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. Students will conduct simulated user needs analysis, and using the lab EHRS, will identify gaps in meeting those needs.  Students will develop training plans for a variety of settings

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Component 7; Unit 9: Potential Issues with Adoption and Installation of an HIT system

Description:

Unit 9 discusses the basics of human behavior, change, and adaptation.  Strategies for dealing with barriers to implementation (human and structural) will be covered.

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Component 7; Unit 10: HIT and Aspects of Patient-Centered

Description:

Unit 10 will define and explain patient-centered care.  It discusses the aspects of HIT that support (and detract) from patient-centered care. Specific examples will be provided.  Students will explore aspects of HIT that currently support patient-centered care and will propose new methods for enhancing patient-centered care.

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Component 7; Unit 11: Health IT in the Future

Description:

Unit 11 will focus upon future directions for HIT.  New areas of research and development in HIT will be examined.  Students will gain a foundational understanding of these area

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