As the Director of Health Information for a large health system, you have been asked to present a proposal to the CEO and Board of Directors to incorporate data dictionaries as part of the hospital data management system. Your tasks are to determine why a data dictionary is necessary and how it is created ensuring governmental compliance standards are incorporated into your proposal. Within your proposal, you are required to: Justify the importance/value of data dictionaries and why they should be incorporated into the health system. Create a sample data dictionary of at least 10 data elements simulating a Master Patient Index to demonstrate a visualization of a data set. Evaluate the contribution of data dictionaries and data sets in maintaining compliance with government standards. Assess common issues associated with implementing a data dictionary and how to avoid them.
