HIM 500 Module Three Activity Guidelines and Rubric
This activity will introduce you to the electronic health record (EHR), the types of information in an EHR, how the records are used, and who uses them.
For this activity, complete the following:
1. Complete the MindTap Quick Check for Chapters 4 and 5 in Essentials of Health Information Management: Principles and Practices.
2. Complete the MindTap Learning Lab for Chapters 4 and 5 in Essentials of Health Information Management: Principles and Practices.
3. Answer the following questions:
What is an EHR?
What types of information are found in an EHR?
Who manages an EHR?
How is it used?
Does an EHR follow the patient to other health facilities? Explain.
Note on the MindTap activities: Click on the Cengage MindTap link to access this resource.
Guidelines for Submission: Complete the MindTap activities within MindTap. The answers to the questions should be in a Word document and should be a
minimum of 1 page in length. All sources should be cited using APA style.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Electronic Health Record Defines and explains the
purpose of the electronic health
record
Explains the electronic health
record, but lacks detail or clarity
Does not explain the electronic
health record
22.5
Information Explains the types of information
in an electronic health record
Explains the types of information
in an electronic health record,
but lacks detail or clarity
Does not explain the types of
information in an electronic
health record
22.5
Manages Explains who manages an
electronic health record
Explains who manages an
electronic health record, but
lacks detail or clarity
Does not explain who manages
an electronic health record
22.5
Health Facilities Explains whether an electronic
health record follows a patient
to other health facilities
Explains whether an electronic
health record follows a patient
to other health facilities, but
lacks detail or clarity
Does not explain whether an
electronic health record follows
a patient to other health
facilities
22.5
Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors of
organization and grammar
Submission contains errors of
organization and grammar, but
errors are limited enough so that
the submission can be
understood
Submission contains errors of
organization and grammar
making the submission difficult
to understand
10
Total 100%