BSHS/375 Information Management Systems & Technology in Human Services
BSHS
375 Information Management Systems & Technology in Human Services
BSHS 375 Information Management Systems & Technology in Human
Services
BSHS 375 WeeK 1 DQ 1
Identify one health information technology advancement in the last decade
that had an impact on human services and is not mentioned in the readings.
Describe that impact and how it improved the delivery of the service.
BSHS 375 WeeK 1 DQ 2
Discuss the benefits and limitations of integrating technology into a human
services organization. Identify best practices that would invest human service
practitioners in the process
BSHS 375 WeeK 1 Individual Assignment – Information
Technology Timeline Worksheet
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Information Technology
Milestones Worksheet, available on the student website.
BSHS 375 WeeK 1 Individual Assignment – Interoperability
Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing
interoperability.
Include the following topics in your paper:
- Identify
one kind of human services organization—for example, mental health
provider or foster care provider—and describe the services provided.
- For each
method, describe the backup plan should technology fail.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
BSHS
375 WeeK 2 DQ 1
Why is it important to track client encounter? What information must be
tracked in a client encounter? Identify one software application that can help
track client encounters and explain how using the application could improve
service delivery.
BSHS
375 WeeK 2 DQ 2
BSHS 375 WeeK 2 Individual Assignment – Software for Human
Services Organizations Paper
Research software applications used to track the provision
of client services in human services within the kind of organization chosen in
Week One.
Identify and analyze two software applications excluding
Microsoft
® Excel
®, PowerPoint
®, and Word
applications.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper summarizing your
research of software applications used in your chosen human services
organization. Include the following in your paper:
- Identify
the benefits of using this software to centralize electronic client
records and human service resources.
- How would
you use the selected software to track client services?
- Describe
the advantages or disadvantages (if any) of using the software.
- Explain if
the size of the organization helps determine the software package chosen.
Why or why not?
- Identify 2
to 3 possible challenges that could occur during implementation and how
you would resolve them.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
BSHS 375 WeeK 2 Individual Assignment Database – Demographic
Information
Resource: Database Template located on the student website
This assignment will encompass the remaining 4 weeks of class with the final
product submitted in Week Five. There are multiple worksheets that you can
access using the tabs at the bottom of the Microsoft
® Excel
®
template. You will work on one worksheet each week.
Create data for twenty clients in the Demographic worksheet
using the Database Template.
Create automatic sort for each column so your data can be
viewed in different ways.
Format the Demographic worksheet so it can be printed in a
professional way.
BSHS
375 WeeK 3 DQ 1
Describe how technology can be used to increase client accessibility to
services. Provide an example of a technology that achieved this.
BSHS
375 WeeK 3 DQ 2
What are some ways that information technology connects clients to online
resources?
Given the amount of information on the Internet, this type of access has
positive and negative implications. What are the positive and negative aspects
of the availability of health-related information on the Internet?
BSHS 375 WeeK 3 Individual Assignment Database – Encounters
Information
Complete the following:
On the Encounters worksheet in the Database Template, enter five encounters
for three of the clients that you entered in the Demographics worksheet in Week
Two. The client’s name in the Encounters worksheet should be linked to the
client’s name on the Demographics worksheet.
BSHS
375 WeeK 3 Team Assignment – Technological Access to Services Paper
Choose from the following options to complete this
assignment:
Option One
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing how
technology assists in linking clients to services.
Include a discussion of the following topics in your paper:
- Identify
three technologies that increase client accessibility to services, such as
biometric, digital alerts, smart cards, and microchips. At least one
should be an online technology helping clients assess online resources.
- For each
technology, explain which population is targeted, the advantages and
disadvantages, and the process for the client to access the technology.
Option Two
Create a 12- to 15-slide presentation discussing how
technology assists in linking clients to services.
Include a discussion of the following topics in your
presentation:
- Identify
three technologies that increase client accessibility to services, such as
biometric, digital alerts, smart cards, and microchips. At least one
should be an online technology helping clients assess online resources.
For each technology, explain which population is targeted, the advantages
and disadvantages, and the process for the client to access the technology.
BSHS
375 WeeK 4 DQ 1
Identify an example of an assistive technology used in human services. How
do you think this technology impacts service delivery?
BSHS
375 WeeK 4 DQ 2
How would you find the healthcare educational resources available to special
needs populations in your state? Are the resources easy to locate? Discuss how
you found this information.
BSHS 375 WeeK 4 Individual Assignment Database – Invoice
Report
Create automatic sort for the data on the Encounter
worksheet. Go to the Invoice Report worksheet and create an invoice report that
can be printed for a selected client showing the dates that they were seen at
the facility and the amount due.
BSHS 375 WeeK 4 Team Assignment – Healthcare Educational
Resources Paper (My Portion)
All team members should answer each question below and post the answer in
the team forum to compare information from multiple states. The Learning Team
should research a minimum of three states.
- Identify
the assistive technologies available to special needs populations in your
state.
- What
types of assistive technologies are available?
- What
healthcare educational resources are available to special needs
populations?
- Does your
state provide a comprehensive database of services and technologies
available?
- How do
special needs populations access services in your state?
- What
additional assistive technology is available that is not currently used in
your selected states? What are the challenges to implement the technology?
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper to summarize team
members’ answers. The paper should also include the following information:
- Describe
how the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 affects human services.
- Compare
and contrast the way each state provides assistive technology and
educational resources?
- Based on
what you learned about various states, what are some recommendations to
enhance the way the assistive technology and educational resources are
made available?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
BSHS 375 WeeK 5 Individual Assignment – Online Therapy Paper
Conduct an Internet search for at least three online therapy
sites.
Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you discuss the
content in each site, the professionals involved, and how the actual online
interaction occurs.
Explain how professional associations and state regulatory
boards address, treat, and refer to online therapy.
Discuss related security issues and ethical issues, such as
informed consent and confidentiality.
Discuss how client data is protected in an online therapy
setting.
Include your opinion of the advantages and disadvantages of
online therapy services.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. This
includes citing all of your sources, including your online sources.
BSHS 375 WeeK 5 Individual Assignment – Quality Assurance Review
Read the scenario and complete both Part 1 and Part 2.
Part 1
As the director of a community-based mental health agency, you receive a
phone call from a school where one of your staff is providing services to a
client. The teacher reports that the staff person is very talented, but is not
open to feedback and does not tailor her interventions with the client
according to his behavior on a specific day. She is also frequently late. This
has created conflict between the teacher and the staff person.
Examine this particular case and figure out if services are
being provided appropriately. As a director, you gather information from the
teacher, the staff person, the family, and anyone else involved in the case.
Create a list of 7 to 10 questions that help guide your
information gathering process, covering three basic components of quality
assurance:
- Proper
provision of service
- Client
satisfaction with service
- Proper
documentation
Explain the reasoning behind your chosen questions.
Describe how the information gathered from your questions
can help to monitor and prevent future fraud and misappropriation of services.
Part 2
During the investigation, the teacher revealed to you that the client had
just been treated for a communicable disease
- Identify
how security was breached in this scenario and explain the impact on
confidentiality and services.
In this circumstance, how would you repair the relationship with the client
and preventing it from happening again?
BSHS 375 WeeK 5 Individual Assignment Database – Graphs
Refer to the Graph worksheet in the Database Template on
the student website.
Create a graph in the Graph worksheet of the Database
Template Microsoft
® Excel
® template that charts clients’
age and a second graph that charts clients’ medication.
Format each graph for printing.
