Capella University Standard Development Organizations Discussion

Capella University Standard Development Organizations Discussion

Question Description
Examine three standards development organizations’ (SDOs) websites and prepare a three-page tabular handout summarizing each organization’s purpose, standards, data type involved, and other details. Write a separate one-page handout highlighting key lessons learned about SDOs.

INTRODUCTION
Data must be collected, measured, analyzed, and reported to make it useful. It must be defined and classified (structured). Often, data points will be established. The need to establish data points is particularly common when collecting data and retrieving it from electronic health systems. Standards development organizations (SDOs) develop guidelines to help standardize the use of these health care data points. In this assessment, you will demonstrate your knowledge of data standards used in health care and your proficiency in using data classification standards to classify data.

DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency 2: Explain data resources used in health information management.
Describe standards development organizations’ purpose, standards, and the data to which their standards apply.
Summarize key findings about standards development organizations.
Competency 4: Apply statistical strategies to analyze health care data.
Explain why data standards are important in interpreting health care data.
Describe how data standardization strategies are used for quality improvement initiatives.
Apply data standards to data points.
Competency 5: Communicate in a professional manner to support health care data analytics.
Create clear, well-organized, professional documents that are generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for references and citations.
PREPARATION
Visit the following websites to prepare for this assessment on data standards organizations. Once you have browsed the listed sites, choose at least three organizations to describe in detail in your assessment.

American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.astm.org/
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.dicomstandard.org/
Health Level Seven International. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.hl7.org/
International Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ieee.org/
International Organization for Standardization (ISO). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.iso.org/home.html
National Council for Prescription and Drug Programs (NCPDP). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ncpdp.org/
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nema.org/pages/default.aspx
Visit the Standards page.
Visit the Communications page; select Publications.
X12. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.x12.org/
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assessment, you are a senior data analyst with Vila Health. A friend who teaches health information management courses at a local university has asked to you present information on standards development organizations (SDOs) to a health information management student group.

As part of your presentation, you will give students two handouts.

Handout Number One
The first handout will include a table with information on at least three standards development organizations (SDOs). Please use the SDO Template [DOCX] to complete all of the following in your table:

Describe each SDO’s purpose.
List the type of standards developed by the SDO.
Describe the data to which the standard applies.
Explain why these data standards are important in interpreting health care data.
Describe how the standards can be used to standardize data for quality-improvement initiatives.
Provide for each SDO an example of using data standardization in a quality improvement initiative.
List the type of data points and classification that may apply to the SDO, based on the description of the data to which the standard applies. For example: The National Council for Prescription and Drug Programs would likely set standards for the data point of medications. You may choose from these data points:
Identification number.
Name.
Address.
Telephone number.
Date of birth.
Gender.
Height.
Weight.
Admission date.
Diagnoses.
Medications.
Medication dosage.
Medication frequency.
Handout Number Two
You second handout will consist of a one-page narrative that summarizes your findings about standards development organizations.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Format: MS Word document with table and separate summary report.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
References: Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for references and citations.
Writing: Create a clear, well-organized, professional document that is generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.