NURSING INFORMATICS RESEARCH 2022

Running head: NURSING INFORMATICS
NURSING INFORMATICS
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NURSING INFORMATICS1
Summarize the examples you have chosen. Describe why these examples require
mandatory reporting.
The process of maintenance of health record is integral for effective health
information management for both the employees and the professionals. It should be noted in
this context that both the federal as well as the state bodies enforce regulations in relation to
maintenance of health information record. Further, in certain states, the hospital licensing
regulations critically suggest that a medical report must be maintained for every patient and
also what are minimal requisites that must be mentioned in the patient report.
In this context, two of the situations that would require mandatory reporting would
include, statistical evidence providing information about the births and deaths across the
territory (Fraser & Castrucci, 2017). In addition to this, the federal and the state governing
bodies require the mandatory reporting of contagious diseases, suspected child or elder abuse,
industrial accidents, poisoning events, treatment of gunshot events, abortions or cancer cases.
Health care organizations are expected to document and report events in these conditions on a
mandatory basis (Fraser & Castrucci, 2017).
Discuss how the information is gathered and submitted to the authorities.
Each respective state legislative governing bodies are the authoritative boards that are
responsible for maintaining the track of the reported medical events. Notification of the
events are broadly segregated under the categories of infectious disease, child or elder abuse,
bioterrorism or evidence of violence. The reported notification help to commence control
programs which subsequently ensures appropriate medical therapy that can help to control
epidemiological outbreaks. The reporting procedure requires briefing about the subjects that
include: identification of the type of system: reporting or surveillance, mentioning history of
reporting, mentioning voluntary or mandatory reporting, monitoring reportable events,