You work for a small community hospital that has recently updated its health record system to a modern EHR. As a health care manager, you have been asked to meet with the HIM and analyze the efficiency, security, and privacy of the current system. You must then provide a 5-7 page executive summary report to the COO examining the emergence of health technology and EHRs since HIPAA, analyzing current trends in health records and charting as they relate to advances in technology, and assessing how modern patient record systems can support operations through privacy, quality care, insurance costs, and records access and retention.

1. Assignment Description
You work for a small community hospital that has recently
updated its health record system to a modern electronic health
record (EHR) system. As a health care manager, you have been
asked to meet with the health information manager (HIM) and
analyze the efficiency, security, and privacy of your current
health records system. Your organization has very high
standards and a culture of keeping up with current trends. After
your analysis, you have been asked to provide a detailed report
to the hospital's chief operating officer (COO) detailing the
following:
Examine the emergence of technology and electronic health
systems in health care since the passage of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Provide an analysis of the current trends in health care record
keeping and charting as they relate to advancements in
technology.
Assess ways in which contemporary patient records systems can
support health care operations including privacy, quality patient
care delivery, insurance and cost administration, and records
access and retention.
Present your findings in an executive summary of 5–7 pages.