This document provides instructions for Assignment 4 which asks students to create a 1-page fact sheet about a recent healthcare policy or regulation related to nursing informatics. The fact sheet should briefly explain the selected policy/regulation, discuss its impact on system implementation and clinical care/workflows, and highlight any related organizational policies and procedures. Students are provided references on topics like HITECH, HIPAA, MACRA, and other relevant laws and regulations to aid their research and fact sheet development. The assignment aims to have students share their expertise on recent policies/regulations to inform colleagues and other stakeholders.

1. Assignment 4: Policy/Regulation Fact Sheets
Assignment 4: Policy/Regulation Fact SheetsAssignment 4: Policy/Regulation Fact SheetsAs
a professional nurse, you are expected to apply your expertise to patient care. On occasion,
you will also be expected to share that expertise.With evolving technology and continuous
changes to regulations designed to keep up these changes, there is usually a need to share
information and expertise to inform colleagues, leadership, patients, and other
stakeholders.In this Assignment, you will study a recent nursing informatics-related
healthcare policy, and you will share the relevant details via a fact sheet designed to inform
and educate.To Prepare:· Review the Resources on healthcare policy and
regulatory/legislative topics related to health and nursing informatics.· Consider the role of
the nurse informaticist in relation to a healthcare organization’s compliance with various
policies and regulations, such as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
(MACRA).· Research and select one health or nursing informatics policy (within the past 5
years) or regulation for further study.The Assignment: (1 page)Create a 1-page fact sheet
that your healthcare organization could hypothetically use to explain the health or nursing
informatics policy/regulation you selected. Your fact sheet should address the following:·
Briefly and generally explain the policy or regulation you selected.· Address the impact of
the policy or regulation you selected on system implementation.· Address the impact of the
policy or regulation you selected on clinical care, patient/provider interactions, and
workflow.· Highlight organizational policies and procedures that are/will be in place at your
healthcare organization to address the policy or regulation you selected. Be specific.Use the
below resources for references;McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2017). Nursing informatics
and the foundation of knowledge (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett
Learning.Chapter 8, “Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics: HITECH and HIPAA” (pp.
145–166)American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2018). MACRA/MIPS: The
transition from fee-for-service to quality-based reimbursement. Retrieved from
https://www.aanp.org/legislation-regulation/federal-legislation/macra-s-quality-
payment-programCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (n.d.). MACRA. Retrieved
January 18, 2019, from https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-initiatives-patient-
assessment-instruments/value-based-programs/macra-mips-and-apms/macra-mips-and-
apms.htmlHealthIT.gov. (2018a). Health IT legislation. Retrieved from
https://www.healthit.gov/topic/laws-regulation-and-policy/health-it-
legislationHealthIT.gov. (2018b). Meaningful use and MACRA. Retrieved from
https://www.healthit.gov/topic/meaningful-use-and-macra/meaningful-use-and-

2. macraU.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Laws & regulations. Retrieved
September 27, 2018, from https://www.hhs.gov/regulations/index.htmlRequired
MediaLaureate Education (Producer). (2018). Health Informatics & Population Health
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CUSTOMIZED, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou 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.