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Application Interview a Health Informatics Professional The security and confidentiality of healthcare information has become increasingly important as technology has become more accessible to the population at large. For this Application, interview a healthcare technology professional who works with the security and confidentiality of healthcare information. During the interview, explore his or her daily practices with respect to patient confidentiality and security. With these thoughts in mind, ask the health informatics professional questions about the following topics: Have you encountered a situation where an ethical issue, such as patient confidentiality or computer security, was compromised? If so, what were the legal and ethical ramifications? How was the situation handled? What security and patient confidentiality practices have been implemented in your area of the organization? How do you ensure that you are not involved with unethical situations? What are your thoughts about the need for an integrated electronic health record system (EHRS)? Support your position with your own experiences as both a patient and healthcare professional. What benefits from an electronic health record system do you see? What challenges or roadblocks? How does the application of project management methodology benefit an organization and, in the context of a health care organization, how does it facilitates the implementation of that organization’s information technology solutions? Additional questions and insights are encouraged. Note: This can be an online interview. To complete this Application, summarize the interview in a 1- to 2-page paper. Submit your Application Assignment by Day 7 of Week 2. Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. To ensure your in-text citations and reference list are correct, refer to APA Style: http://www.apastyle.org/.