Future Directions Of EHRs

Class Assignment: Envision a time in the future when patients’ healthcare will be guided by their personal genetic profile (their human genome).

Discuss:

1. What will the future be like?

2. What will it look like?

I encourage you to go beyond what you think is realistic and imagine the most extreme or seemingly exaggerated possibilities.

Discuss how advances in genetic testing and profiling will play a major role in shaping how technology is used as a healthcare tool in the future.

This will be graded as a Discussion Forum without the student reply.

300 words. No APA Format.

Introduction This week you continue to work on your paper that addresses a current controversial issue. This paper is to be in the form of an argument. You have selected a topic and chosen issues related to that topic; this week, you will thoroughly research both sides of the issues you have chosen. Keep in mind that your paper must define the issue, present evidence on both sides of the issue, and then argue that one side is stronger and more persuasive than the other. Your paper must address at least three relevant aspects of the issue. More specific directions for each part of the paper will be found within the specific assignment in the weekly modules; the assignment this week is to research both the pro and con sides of the issues you have chosen to address.

Here is a brief breakdown of the project so that you can plan your time in the course:

Week	Task
Week 1	Topic Selection
Week 3	Issue Review (both sides)
Week 5	Thesis & Annotated Bibliography (both sides)
Week 7	Argumentative Paper

Instructions This week, you will conduct an issue review for your selected topic for your project. Present a brief report of your research on both sides of the issue. This should include the following:

· Citation of your sources,  Links to the sources where available

· Brief description of the content of each of the sources (50 to 80 words for each source)

Your research review should address at least three (3) aspects of the issue that is the subject of your paper and must present at least one pro and one con article review on each aspect. Sources should be scholarly or of very high substantive quality.

Click on the following link to view an example. The first aspect is written out completely, with APA citation and brief description of content. The next two aspects should be completely written out by you in your report, including correct APA citation and brief description of content.

Link: Example Issue Review

Because the topics vary widely, the nature of your research will also vary. If you are writing about gene therapy, for example, you will have to support your points with scholarly medical opinion. You may need to review researching techniques. Visit the research links provided in the Required Resources section in this activity for more information.

M.T. is a nurse practitioner in a busy OBGYN clinic. Her clients include women from various socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. M.T. spends her time educating women about interventions for a healthy pregnancy.

She promotes the physical, mental, and spiritual health of her clients throughout the childbearing years. Although she primarily works with the pregnant woman, her ultimate goal is to assist each family to have a healthy pregnancy and birth outcome and lay the foundation for satisfactory parenting and family life.

M.T. participates in community health fairs educating childbearing-age women about healthy lifestyles that can improve chances for a healthy pregnancy. Women should be made aware that certain preconception interventions may improve not only the outcomes of pregnancy but their overall health as well.

1-Design a plan that fits the needs for the health fair that M.T. is participating. List the recommendations and the rationales.

2-Describe the relationship between culture and growth and development. Assess whether all growth and development milestones should be applied to all children regardless of cultural background.

3-Design a teaching plan for parents regarding injury prevention during infancy. In your teaching plan you must include the home of an infant injury proof.

4-post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.