You have recently been hired as the Director of HIM at Ras hospital. In the last year,

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You have recently been hired as the Director of HIM at Ras hospital. In the last year, the hospital has made a transition in Executive Leadership. The new CEO has asked that each department leader identify effectiveness strategies for their department. The HIM strategy will focus on the uses of health data and the importance of quality health data in organizational purposes.

Instructions

Write an executive summary for the HIM strategy that will focus on the uses of health data and the importance of quality health data in organizational purposes. Please address the following bullet points in your executive summary:

A working definition of health data.
An assessment of what "reliable, timely, and complete health data" is and at least one example of it as compared to poor, incomplete data.
A detailed example of health data being leveraged to comply with healthcare external forces reporting requirements.
A detailed example that benchmarks health data used in a healthcare effectiveness strategy.
A detailed example that demonstrates the usefulness of health data in organizational decision support.