Compare and Contrast Licensure and Certification

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 5 Discussion

DQ1 Compare and Contrast Licensure and Certification

In this post, you will be examining licensure, certification, and accreditation requirements. Select ONE of the following:

 

One health care profession.

 

One allied health occupation.

 

One health care organization, such as a hospital or nursing home.

 

For your selected item:

 

Determine whether licensure, certification, and/or accreditation is required.

 

Explain why this is required.

 

Support your analysis with evidence from resources beyond the required course materials. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

 

Include at least one APA-formatted in-text citation and an accompanying reference.

 

Learning Components

 

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

 

Describe U.S. health care organizations and professionals.

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

 

Follow the principles of effective composition.

 

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

 

DQ2 Medical Education

 

In this unit’s studies, you read the following:

 

American Medical Education 100 Years After the Flexner Report.

 

Allopathic, Osteopathic Graduate Training Programs to Unify Accreditation.

 

Using those resources, describe medical education’s historical context. Explain current and future potential challenges and opportunities for medical education and graduate medical education accreditation.

 

Support your analysis with evidence from resources beyond the required course materials. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

 

Include at least one APA-formatted in-text citation and accompanying reference.

 

Learning Components

 

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

 

Examine the history of the U.S. health care system.

 

Describe U.S. health care organizations and professionals.

 

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

 

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.