Part 6: Evaluation Plan In this part of the Evaluation Project, you construct an evaluation plan by aggregating all of your work on the project thus far into one cohesive document. The document should contain your PICO question, literature review (with summary table), evaluation methodology, and evaluation tool. To prepare: Consider the issues or concerns you might have when developing an evaluation plan. Reflect on the ethical issues you and your colleagues identified in the Week 9 Discussion. Reflect on potential limitations and opportunities ( Note : This topic will be addressed in the Week 10 Discussion). To complete  Part 6 of the Evaluation Project: By Day 7 of Week 10 In no more than 10 pages , aggregate all of your work on the Evaluation Project so far into a single document. This document should contain: 1) Your PICO question ( See Attached PDF File ) 2) An explanation of the goals of your evaluation plan 3) Literature review ( with summary table as an appendix ) ( See Attached PDF File ) 4) Evaluation methodology (including research design) ( See Attached PDF File ) 5) Evaluation tool ( See Attached PDF File) 6) A description of any ethical issues or concerns you may have with implementing your plan and how you could handle them if they arose ( see the assignment on “Evaluations and Ethics”) 7) A summary of the criteria you will use to define the success of your plan and how you will disseminate findings 8) An outline of limitations to the scope of the plan and opportunities resulting from your evaluation plan ( Note : based on week 10 discussion post on Identification of Opportunities and Limitations) Required Readings Friedman, C. P., & Wyatt, J. C. (2010).  Evaluation methods in biomedical informatics  (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. Chapter 12, “Proposing and Communicating the Results of Evaluation Studies: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues” (pp. 338–361)  This chapter covers both how to write a proposal to conduct an evaluation and how to present the findings. It highlights the importance of conforming to legal, regulatory, and ethical standards in the evaluation and write-up. Berner, E. S. (2008). Ethical and legal issues in the use of health information technology to improve patient safety.  HEC Forum ,  20 (3), 243–258. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.  In this article, the author outlines key ethical and legal issues that need to be considered when using health information technology. These include issues with the establishment of a standard of care, increased availability of patient information, accuracy of information, the effectiveness of user training, and the fulfillment of informed consent obligations. Goldstein, M. M. (2010). Health information technology and the idea of informed consent.  Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics ,  38 (1), 27–35. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.  This article details the reasons behind the policy of informed conse.

1. Part 6: Evaluation Plan
In this part of the Evaluation Project, you construct an
evaluation plan by aggregating all of your work on the project
thus far into one cohesive document. The document should
contain your
PICO question, literature review (with summary table),
evaluation methodology, and evaluation tool.
To prepare:
Consider the issues or concerns you might have when
developing an evaluation plan. Reflect on the ethical issues you
and your colleagues identified in the Week 9 Discussion.
Reflect on potential limitations and opportunities (
Note
: This topic will be addressed in the Week 10 Discussion).
To complete
Part 6 of the Evaluation Project:
By Day 7 of Week 10
In no more than 10 pages
, aggregate all of your work on the Evaluation Project so far
into a single document. This document should contain:
1)
Your PICO question (
See Attached PDF File
)
2)
An explanation of the goals of your evaluation plan
3)
Literature review (
with summary table as an appendix

2. ) (
See Attached PDF File
)
4)
Evaluation methodology (including research design) (
See Attached PDF File
)
5)
Evaluation tool (
See Attached PDF File)
6)
A description of any ethical issues or concerns you may have
with implementing your plan and how you could handle them if
they arose (
see the assignment on “Evaluations and Ethics”)
7)
A summary of the criteria you will use to define the success of
your plan and how you will disseminate findings
8)
An outline of limitations to the scope of the plan and
opportunities resulting from your evaluation plan (
Note
: based on week 10 discussion post on
Identification of Opportunities and Limitations)
Required Readings
Friedman, C. P., & Wyatt, J. C. (2010).
Evaluation methods in biomedical informatics
(2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media,

3. Inc.
Chapter 12, “Proposing and Communicating the Results of
Evaluation Studies: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues” (pp.
338–361)
This chapter covers both how to write a proposal to conduct an
evaluation and how to present the findings. It highlights the
importance of conforming to legal, regulatory, and ethical
standards in the evaluation and write-up.
Berner, E. S. (2008). Ethical and legal issues in the use of
health information technology to improve patient safety.
HEC Forum
,
20
(3), 243–258.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
In this article, the author outlines key ethical and legal issues
that need to be considered when using health information
technology. These include issues with the establishment of a
standard of care, increased availability of patient information,
accuracy of information, the effectiveness of user training, and
the fulfillment of informed consent obligations.
Goldstein, M. M. (2010). Health information technology and the
idea of informed consent.
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
,
38
(1), 27–35.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article details the reasons behind the policy of informed
consent and the challenges posed to providing privacy by
electronic health records and the ease of gaining access to
confidential patient information.
Goodman, K. W. (2010). Ethics, information technology, and

4. public health: New challenges for the clinician-patient
relationship.
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
,
38
(1), 58–63.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
The focus of this article is the challenge facing health care
personnel in balancing the privacy of patients and the need to
perform research on public health issues. The author discusses
whether there is a moral obligation for patients and clinicians to
be willing to share information for the “greater good.”
Goodman, K. W., Berner, E. S., Dente, M. A., Kaplan, B.,
Koppel, R., Rucker, D., et al. (2011). Challenges in ethics,
safety, best practices, and oversight regarding HIT vendors,
their customers, and patients: A report of an AMIA special task
force.
Journal of the American
Medical Informatics Association
,
18
(1), 77–81.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article highlights recommendations by an AMIA special
task force that analyzed ethical and safety issues dealing with
the increased use of HIT systems. The recommendations
covered such areas as the need for HIT regulation, the ability to
provide ethics training to vendors, and organizational
commitment to placing patient safety as the highest priority.
Nykänen, P., Brender, J., Talmon, J., de Keizer, N., Rigby, M.,
Beuscart-Zephir, M. C., & Ammenwerth. E. (2011). Guideline
for good evaluation practice in health informatics (GEP-HI).
International Journal of Medical Informatics

5. ,
80
(12), 815–827.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
In this article, the authors highlight their efforts to develop a
good practice guideline to plan and perform evaluation studies
in health informatics. The authors put forth a list of sixty issues
to function as a guideline for good evaluation practices.
Rothstein, M. A. (2011). Currents in contemporary bioethics:
Physicians' duty to inform patients of new medical discoveries:
The effect of health information technology.
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
,
39
(4), 690–693.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
The authors of this article analyze the duty of physicians to
inform patients of relevant medical developments following
their episode of care. Additionally, the authors make
recommendations for promoting recognition of physicians’ duty
to notify patients of new medical discoveries applicable to their
health.
Rothstein, M. A. (2010). The Hippocratic bargain and health
information technology.
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
,
38
(1), 7–13.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article highlights the sensitive nature of much of the
information contained in Electronic Health Records and its
current availability to a wide range of individuals. The author
calls for the development of policy to protect the privacy of
patients. He suggests allowing the segmentation of patient

6. information so that the majority of sensitive information is
difficult to access.