Data is one of the most valuable assets that an organization possess.  All of the processes surrounding data acquisition, management, and storage have increased their importance in recent years; and, the increased amount of data source will create a complex environment for the execution of these processes.  In order to acquire value from data, organizations transform data in a way that it will render meaningful information.  Therefore, it is of outmost importance that data sources are complete, correct, and consistent.  In the case of health care organizations, (Bowman, 2013) states:
       Failure to address information integrity issues in EHR systems will lead to spiraling, rather than declining, health care costs and medical errors as a result of the proliferation of new types of patient safety hazards(Bowman, 2013).
The following artifacts have the intention of demonstrating different approaches of maintaining data integrity, as well as, the proper management of data for the creation of information.

Artifact 1: 543 Assignment Exercise, Normalization
  • Demonstrates the proper techniques for gathering, formatting, and storing data to investigate a given question or problem
  • Demonstrate skills in the use of a data management software such as SQL and DB design
The intention of this artifact is to demonstrate the identification of potential data integrity problems that can arise from data base design.  This artifact enumerates the steps that were followed in order to transform an unnormalized database into a normalized design.  Additionally, this artifact displays the implementation of the first normal form for a set of tables within a relational database.

Artifact 2: 544 Health Care Data Breach Notification Process
  • Demonstrates the proper techniques for gathering, formatting, and storing data to investigate a given question or problem
Part of the activities of maintaining integrity of data is the safekeeping of its sources and notification to end users about any suspicion or event that will compromise it.  This artifact is a step by step recollection of the process that must be followed upon discovery or suspect of a data breach event.   The Data Breach notification process has been defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and was released on 2103 for its implementation on health care organizations.  This artifact has a complementary image that is included on the website.

Artifact 3: 507 Multiple Regression
  • Demonstrates the application of statistical methodologies to evaluate a problem
This artifact focuses on the demonstration of the application of multiple regression statistical technique.  In other words, this artifact intends to demonstrate the correlation between a set of mock variables and a predictor variables with the assistance of multiple regression technique.

References
Bowman, S. (2013). Impact of electronic health record systems on information integrity: quality and safety implications. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 10, 1c. https://doi.org/10.1021/ef0100294
 

Artifact 1:

db.normalization.docx
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Artifact 2:

breach.notification.process.docx
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Artifact 3:

multiple.regression.xlsx
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Data Breach Notification Process Diagram