HLST2003 health journal article

WHY IS THIS ASSIGNMENT IMPORTANT?

The purpose of a summary is to give the reader a clear, objective picture of the original text. Most importantly, the summary restates only the main points of the article while support claims with giving examples or details, such as dates, numbers or statistics.

WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO:

Students should select ONE reputable article from an academic peer reviewed healthcare journal for the article summary on the following topics:

1. Healthcare Delivery Settings

2. Long Term Care Settings

Students will write a summary of the article and it must demonstrate academic quality. The article should be no more than three years old, and should be relevant to any of the classroom topics we have discussed thus far.

The summary should be written in APA format. Summaries should be 2-3 full pages in length NOT including the cover page and a reference page. Content should include an introduction paragraph, summary of article, headings in paper, a discussion of relation to class/profession, and conclusion paragraph and reference page. You do not need an abstract for this assignment.More information on this assignment is provided in the PowerPoint Healthcare Journal Article Reviews located in the overview section of the Moodle classroom. Also, see Library Resource for searching for valid articles.

Write your paper following these APA Guidelines:

• 12-pt. Times New Roman font• Double spaced• 1 inch margins on top, bottom, right, and left• Indent all first lines of each paragraphs 5-7 spaces or inch• Page numbers in upper right hand corner of page• Title page (follow my example)• Correct Reference of the article on the reference page using APA • Submit via Moodle in MS Word

Do’s and Don’ts:1. Do not write in personal pronouns and first person “I”, “me”,etc2. Do not write in contractions “don’t, can’t” – spell out.3. Do not write using direct quotes.3. Do have clear topic sentences.4. Do have introduction and conclusion paragraph

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Discovering Hypertension through Electronic Health Records
Student Name
Health Studies, University of Louisiana at Monroe
HLST 2003: Healthcare Issues
Dr. Jodi Bower
January 1, 2022
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Discovering Hypertension through Electronic Health Records
Due to the increasing cases of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the United States of
America, the American Medical Association has made the decision to launch a new healthcare
initiative that targets strengthening the links between the clinic and the community. It is the
expectation of the American Medical Association to collaborate with physicians across the
country in order to reduce incidences of these two diseases and improve results for those who are
already living with them. Key factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease are high blood
pressure and prediabetes. The goal for improving these conditions initially begins with
improving outcomes for the 30 million people with hypertension who are receiving medical care
but do not have their high blood pressure under control (Lazarus, 2013). The article by Lazarus
(2013) discusses the initiative and study related to improving health outcomes for society.
Electronic Health Records and Hypertension Study
There are computer based algorithms that can identify patients who have not yet been
diagnosed with hypertension if they are applied to an electronic health record. There are three
basic algorithms that include parameters around a patient’s most recent blood pressure or
average blood pressure measurements that will point out those at risk for hypertension (Amaassn.org, 2014). After one hundred physicians in twenty three primary care systems used these
algorithms, one thousand four hundred and thirty two patients were targeted as at risk for
hypertension (AMA-assn.org, 2014).
Once the patients were identified, they were sent letter informing them of the process
and their possible condition and also requesting that a visit to the office be scheduled in order to
be evaluated. After one week, phone calls were made to question those at risk and schedule an
appointment. If the patient agreed to the appointment and showed up, their blood pressure was
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taken with an automated blood pressure tool. The device is meant to take six measurements with
no health care provider present, each a minute apart, discard the first measurement and average
the remaining five measurements (AMA-assn.org, 2014). If the patient never set up a follow up
appointment after receiving the letter and a phone call, a notification that they are at risk for
hypertension was set to pop up on the screen at their next visit.
After putting this study into place, more than seventy percent of the patients that were
identified received a diagnosis for hypertension. This improved the accuracy of hypertension
diagnosis by seventy two percent in a thirty month period. The American Medical Association,
who is collaborating with researchers at Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety
and Quality at the Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities, plans to
take what is learned about improving control of high blood pressure to spread effective models
and methods to more practice communities (AMA-assn.org, 2014).
Conclusion
The American Medical Association is concerned about the sizeable amount of
cardiovascular disease and diabetes cases that are sweeping the nation. It is their goal to
minimize the death toll that results from these two illnesses. One way to monitor these cases are
through the electronic health records that are provided by physicians. That is why the American
Medical Association needs the help of volunteer physicians in order to find those with a
condition that fits the profile given. The goal of the American Medical Association is to target
those at risk for hypertension, or high blood pressure. They do this because high blood pressure
is a key factor in cardiovascular disease. By doing so, they are essentially preventing the heart
condition by warning the patient to monitor their situation so that they will not become
susceptible to cardiovascular disease.
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References
Ama-assn.org, (2014). AMA Wire®: How your EHR can help get hypertension under control:
Study. Retrieved from http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/ama-wire/ama-wire/post/ehrcan-hypertension-under-control-study
Lazarus, J. (2013). AMA: A new initiative to improve health outcomes. KevinMD.com.
Retrieved from http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/05/ama-initiative-improve-healthoutcomes.html
HLST 2003
Healthcare Journal
Article Review
Assignment
In this class you are required to
submit a review of ONE article from
healthcare related journals.
 The review must fit the following criteria:
 The article must be from an academic, scholarly, peer reviewed healthcare
related journal.
 The article must be no more than three years old.
 In your review you must be able to connect the article to a relevant classroom
topic, and discuss how the information in the article will be helpful to you in
your chosen profession.
 Format  1. Cover page – in proper APA 7th edition format
 2. Two to three full pages – 12 inch font Arial or Times New Roman, 1 inch margins,
APA style with in-text reference citations. Should contain an introduction, review of
article, discussion of relation to class/profession, and conclusion.
 3. Reference page – APA 7th edition, should reference article and any classroom
resources utilized to show connection to course.
What is an academic, scholarly, peer
reviewed journal?
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An academic, scholarly periodical/journal requires that each article submitted for publication
be judged by an independent panel of experts (scholarly or scientific peers). Articles not
approved by a majority of these peers are not accepted for publication by the journal.
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Peer-reviewed journals can be identified by their editorial statements or instructions to authors
(usually in first few pages of the journal or at the end).
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Other common characteristics of an academic, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal
 Publisher may be a professional organization, research institution; usually not-for-profit
 Authors are scholars and researchers in the field and are identified as such
 Purpose of the article is to publish the results of research
 Sources are cited with footnotes or a bibliography at the end of the article
 Visibly different from other magazines.
 Formal in format
 Very little advertising
 Graphics are usually statistical illustrations, in black-and-white
Additional tips for writing your
summary
• State the main ideas of the article.
• Identify the most important details that support the main ideas.
• Write your summary in your own words; avoid copying phrases and
sentences from the article unless they’re direct quotations.
• Express the underlying meaning of the article, not just the superficial
details.
• Your summary should be about one third of the length of the original
article.
Summary Contents
Introduction
• Start with a summary or overview of the article which includes the author’s name
and the title of the article (use correct APA citation).
• Finish with a thesis statement that states the main idea of the article.
Body Paragraphs
• For a multi-paragraph summary, discuss each supporting point in a separate
paragraph.
• Start each body paragraph with a topic sentence.
• Each paragraph focuses on a separate main idea and just the most important
details from the article.
• Put the ideas from the article into your own words. Avoid copying phrases and
sentences from the article.
• Use transitional words and phrases to connect ideas.
• Relate the information back to the course material.
Concluding Paragraph
• Summarize the main idea and the underlying meaning of the article.
Cautions
 Magazines, newspapers, blogs, wikis, and websites are not the same
thing as a journal.
 Verify your source is a journal. There are websites and magazines that
use the same names as some of the journals on the list. Make sure you
are using the actual academic, peer reviewed journal.
 If you have any doubt, check with me before you utilize your resource.
Papers not utilizing an academic, peer reviewed journal will receive an
automatic grade of zero (0) points.