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<dt:topic xmlns:dt="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsdt_v1p0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><title><![CDATA[Week 5B Discussion Board]]></title><text texttype="text/html"><![CDATA[<p><em>Discussion Board #5B: </em>Respond to ONE of the topics/questions below with a post of at least 300 words and support your response with at least one source.&nbsp; Post no later than Thursday midnight.&nbsp; Cite sources using the parenthetical format of <em>APA 6<sup>th</sup> ed. Manual</em>, and list reference(s) at the end of the post.&nbsp; Reply to the post of one other student by midnight Friday with a post of at least 150 words.</p><ol><li>Discuss at least three purposes of the health record. How would you rank each of the purposes in terms of importance? Explain how you arrived at your decision. (Support your response with a scholarly source.)</li><li value="2">&nbsp;The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides financial incentives to promote the use and electronic sharing of personal health information through the implementation of EHRs and health information exchanges (HIEs). What is an HIE and what is the government doing to address the issues of access, use, and disclosure of protected health information among HIEs and related organizations? (Support your response with a scholarly source.)</li></ol>]]></text></dt:topic>
