Data Mining in Healthcare IT

Using that topic and the theoretical framework or model, write a paper that must be between 3750 to 6000 words (15 to 20 pages) in narrative, not including the title and reference pages. The paper should follow APA format and include the following sections:

Abstract
Introduction
Background
Body
Implications and conclusions with future directions
References (minimum 7 to 10)

Choose a topic from the course in which you have an interest. Apply informatics theory and content from the course modules, informed by current literature and course materials. Some possible topics include the following:

The Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Data Analytics/Data Mining in Healthcare IT
Standardized Terminologies in Documentation (SNOMED/LOINC)
Mobile Healthcare Information Technologies
Clinical Communications
Telehealth/Telemedicine
Human Technology Interface/Usability in Healthcare IT
Information Security
Roles/Competencies/Development of Nursing Informaticists
Patient Engagement Technologies
Theoretical framework examples include, but are not limited to, the following:

Graves and Corcoran’s Model
Sciwirian’s Model
Turley’s Model
Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom (DIKW) Model
Sociotechnical Theory
Rogers’s Diffusion of Innovation Theory
Lewin’s Change Theory
Information Theory
General-System Theory
Chaos Theory
Note: The theoretical framework will serve as the underlying foundation for the paper. Here, you are to demonstrate how it may be applied to a specific nursing informatics issue.

Please note that this is a high level guide, but you should refer to the grading rubric for a comprehensive description of the paper requirements.

You 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.