HIM 301 Week 4 Assignment 2 Enterprise Master Person Identification (EMPI) Policy New
Prior to beginning work on this assignment read Chapter 28 of Health Informatics: an Interprofessional Approach, Chapter 17 from the : A User’s Guide (Links to an external site.), and the article Will the Real John Smith Please Stand Up? (Links to an external site.)
Prepare a one to two-page patient identity management policy. (Note: the assignment is patient digital records identity management and NOT how to identify a patient). Your policy should be one to two pages and include the following:
Policy title
Version No.:
Effective Date:
Date Ratified:
Ratified By:
Introduction (Rationale for the policy)
Definition
Policy
General Guidelines
Excluding resources used in this course, include a minimum of two references in APA format. Refer to the Health Informatics Journals (Links to an external site.)
In your paper,
Prepare a patient identity management policy using principles of Enterprise Person Identification (EMPI) that appropriately outlines methods to identify like records in informatics technology applications
Address the required elements of the policy in your paper including: policy title, version number, effective date, ratified date, ratified by, introduction/rationale, definition, policy, and general guidelines.
Explain how the organization achieves the appropriate identification of patient records given the complexities of persons with similar demographic information
Enterprise Master Person Identification (EMPI) Policy paper
Must be one to two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA style
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.)
Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types.
Must document any information used from sources in APA style