Health Informatics/IT
For this assignment:

Visit the Health Information Technology: Key Topics website. 
Choose one of the topics listed.
Click on the topic and explore the information provided.
Using the information accessed from this site, write a three- to five-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) in which you assess this information and discuss your reactions and opposing viewpoints on the issues. The paper must be in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Required Websites

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Health Information Technology: Key Topics. Retrieved from http://healthit.ahrq.gov/key-topics

Assess Selected Health Topic
Total: 5.00
Distinguished –
Comprehensively and thoroughly assesses selected health topic.  Extensive relevant supporting details are used.
Proficient – Assesses the selected health topic; however some relevant details are missing.
Basic – Minimally assesses the selected health topic.  Relevant supporting details are not provided and/or the details provided do not support the assessment.
Below Expectations -Attempts to assess the selected health topic, but no details are given and/or the details provided are not relevant to the assessment.
Non-Performance -The assessment of the selected health topic is either non-existent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Discuss Different Viewpoints
Total: 3.00
Distinguished –
Comprehensively and thoroughly discusses selected health topic and includes personal reactions and opposing viewpoints on the issue.
Proficient – Discusses personal reactions and opposing viewpoints on the issue; however relevant details are missing.
Basic – Minimally discusses personal reactions but does not include opposing viewpoints.
Below Expectations – Attempts to discuss personal reactions and opposing viewpoints, but the discussion is unclear and may lack focus.
Non-Performance – The discussion of the selected health topic is either non-existent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Critical Thinking: Influence of Context and Assumptions
Total: 1.00
Distinguished -Clearly evaluates own and others’ assumptions and carefully determines the relevance of contexts when presenting a position.
Proficient – Determines own and others’ assumptions and clearly identifies the relevance of contexts when presenting a position.
Basic – Determines some assumptions and identifies on a basic level the importance of contexts when presenting a position.
Below Expectations – Recognizes some assumptions, although, such recognition may be incomplete. May inadequately identify the importance of contexts when presenting a position.
Non-Performance –
The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Control of Syntax and Mechanics
Total: 0.25
Distinguished -Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors, and is very easy to understand.
Proficient – Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors, and is mostly easy to understand.
Basic – Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors, which may slightly distract the reader.
Below Expectations –
Fails to display basic comprehension or syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors, which distract the reader.
Non-Performance – The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

APA Formatting
Total: 0.25
Distinguished -Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title and reference page.
Proficient -Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper, however, layout contains a few minor errors.
Basic – Exhibits basic knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper.  Layout does not meet all APA requirements.
Below Expectations – Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting.  There are frequent errors making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.
Non-Performance – The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Page Requirement
Total: 0.25
Distinguished – The paper meets the specific page requirement stipulated in the assignment description.
Proficient – The paper closely meets the page requirements predetermined in the assignment description.
Basic – The paper meets over half of the page requirement.
Below Expectations – A fraction of the page requirement is completed.
Non-Performance – The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Resource Requirement
Total: 0.25
Distinguished – Provides ample resources and uses the correct amount of sources from the specified search agents.
Proficient – Provides the approximate number of sources, while using some of the correct search agents specified in the assignment instructions.
Basic – Provides over half of the sources required in the assignment instructions.
Below Expectations – Barely provides adequate resources and unable to include sources from specified search agents.
Non-Performance – The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.