Discussion: Information Management Master

Create a 6 page essay paper that discusses Information Management Master. NHS funding derived directly from national taxation has won worldwide recognition as one of the most reasonable and least costly way of public healthcare funding. While the NHS services are run separately in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by their respective administrations, the overall supervision in England is done by the country’s 10 Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) that in turn are controlled by the Department of Health (source: www.nhs.uk).Measuring performance efficiency of a healthcare system is difficult and the same applies to NHS also. However, the broad indicators like the declining infant mortality rate and the increasing life expectancy in the UK point to significant contribution by the NHS to the nation’s healthcare. The NHS does not charge its patients except for some specialised services for optical and dental treatments and for some prescriptions. The patient is treated irrespective of the country of the UK he or she is resident of. The patient is not hassled with procedural matters.One of the major information management issues being faced by the NHS is timely implementation of its National Programme for IT which is one of the world’s largest IT projects. The rising cost far exceeding the original budget of 2.3 billion for the project and delayed implementation are seriously impeding full-scale launch of the initiatives at the NHS.

Discussion: Information Management Master

The initiatives include controlled use of sensitive medical data and management of patient information security. For improving and integrating quality healthcare services, available medical information and data are needed to be recorded and made available in a proper way to the healthcare professionals. The present information management programmes of the NHS are drawing criticisms on the issues of too rigid a control of the sensitive medical data and inadequacy of patient information security. Computerization of the complete records of the NHS patients is another issue to be fully resolved. Another important information management issue involves lending assistance to the patient to select location for treatment by the “Choose and Book” programme under National Programme for IT. The facility is yet to be made available at all locations even after expiry of the various deadlines causing considerable cost overrun. Quality of delivery of service and care for the patients and the planning for such delivery require setting up of a strong information management system maintaining record of health information and data that the health professionals of the NHS can extract, interpret and apply. This recorded information and data of the patients treated by the organisation remain the best sources of guidelines for the future healthcare requirements. The NHS professionals need to access this record online for updating their information base to provide the best healthcare. Understanding of the healthcare process under different settings like hospitals and public health services can be facilitated by a sound information management system.

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.