Upgrading the hospital data management system.Justify the importance/value of data dictionaries and why they should be incorporated into the health system.

Upgrading the hospital data management system .Justify the importance/value of data dictionaries and why they should be incorporated into the health system.

Upgrading the hospital data management system .Justify the importance/value of data dictionaries and why they should be incorporated into the health system. As the Director of Health Information for a large health system, you have been asked to present a proposal to the CEO and Board of Directors to incorporate data dictionaries as part of the hospital data management system. Your tasks are to determine why a data dictionary is necessary and how it is created ensuring governmental compliance standards are incorporated into your proposal.

Within your proposal, you are required to:

  • Justify the importance/value of data dictionaries and why they should be incorporated into the health system.
  • Create a sample data dictionary of at least 10 data elements simulating a Master Patient Index to demonstrate a visualization of a data set.
  • Evaluate the contribution of data dictionaries and data sets in maintaining compliance with government standards.
  • Assess common issues associated with implementing a data dictionary and how to avoid them.

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