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A segment of health informatics, health information technology (HIT) includes a variety of systems, such as patient electronic health records, decision support systems and administrative applications. HIT focuses on how information is acquired, stored, retrieved and used in a variety of healthcare applications. When these systems work together, health care organizations are able to provide better care and to operate more efficiently.
Integrating the three disciplines of information science, computer science and health care, this course provides an introduction to the concepts and practices of health informatics from a clinical and financial perspective. You also delve into understanding the role of an informaticist.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Define health informatics and its role in health care
- Describe the path to HIT adoption and implementation
- Define interoperability, its major elements and impact on health information exchange
- Analyze the administrative applications supporting health care delivery
- Evaluate key trends and applications in consumer health informatics
- Outline the steps to managing health information systems
- Summarize current approaches to population health management
- Define the goals, objectives,and uses of big data and health care analytics
- Describe the legal and regulatory issues related to health information technology
- Explore major trends and their implications for future developments in health informatics
What You Learn
- Foundations in health informatics
- Role of informaticist
- Health care delivery information systems for patient care
- Supporting applications for health care delivery
- Managing the life cycle of health information systems
- Consumer health informatics
- Population health management
- User experience, standards, safety and analytics
- Mobile health
- Data science and analytics
- Governance structures, legal and regulatory issues
- International health informatics efforts
- Future directions in health informatics
How You Learn
- Lectures
- Readings
- Final project
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