Criterion 1: Vendor analysis

Selects 2 or more applications/systems for clinical classification and coding and appraises each vendor for:
? Capacity to evaluate quality coding practices
? Implementation considerations/issues
? System management challenges/training needs Criterion

Criterion 2: CDI

? Appraises the value and challenges of a quality CDI program and includes two or more challenges in the CDI process

Criterion 3: Interoperability

? Critiques one or more interoperability issues that’s possible within health information exchange (HIE).
? Includes two or more best practices that address the issue Criterion 

4: HIS evaluation

? Evaluates two or more health information systems (HIS) and their data storage designs.
? Selects the best of the two HIS’s and indicates selection with rationale

Criterion 5: Managerial Challenges

? Evaluates two or more managerial challenges related to clinical indices, databases and registries
? Recommends two or more best practices or policies related to the mgmt of secondary data sources

Criterion 6: Data warehouse design

Appraises at least two approaches to data warehouse design that supports quality data management including:
? processing/storage of data in the warehouse model and;
? Meaningful output into the presentation layer
Summarizes recommendation(s)

Criterion 7: Data analysis

? Analyzes data and information from the point of creation/collection, storage and retention period, and finally – data destruction

HI300_1904C_-2.1: Classify database technologies and healthcare information systems used to manage data and information.