Health information system in Australia
Type: Essay
Subject: Health
Standard: Masters
Langauge: English (U.K)
Pages: 12
Instructions:
Assignment 1: Essay
Assessment name: Essay
Your task is: This practical assignment is designed to enhance the students understanding of the complexity of the health information environment.
As a consultant in the health sector you have been asked to undertake an assessment of Australia’s national health information system. You have been asked to use the Health Information System Rapid Assessment Tool.
Your task:
- Familiarise yourself with the assessment tool (which is available as an attachment to this document).
- Undertake an assessment of Australia’s health information system by working your way through the questions in each of the components within the assessment tool. You will need to provide a yes or no response in each of the columns for Present, Functioning, Adequate, and Sustainable. In order to answer these questions you will need to undertake research to find sources that support your claims.
- You will need to compile a list of references as you progress to assist in supporting your claims. Utilise the Reference(s) in support of claim column to indicate the references that supports the assessment. It is likely that one reference may support a number of questions in the tool.
- you then need to provide a report that highlights to the reader:
- Current status of Australia’s health information system
- Areas for improvement to Australia’s health information system.
Length: • Business report format 3000 words maximum length – use of headings and subheadings to structure the paper.
- A completed Attachment A included as an attachment.
- Proper and consistent academic referencing convention both within the text of the assignment and a compiled list of references at the end of the paper must be provided.
