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Population Health Informatics

PB HLTH X408

44776596
Delivery Options Online
Population health informatics is the application of technology to improve population health outcomes. These technology applications may include electronic health record systems, personal health records, telehealth, mobile health apps and other third-party systems. To have population health management, you must consider the patterns of health determinants as well as interventions that link health determinants to health outcomes. In this course, you get an introduction to the basics of population health, how systems are being used to support population health management, and what health care organizations are doing—and need to do—to affect population health in the future. You also cover the role of data, information exchange and analytics, as well as areas such as population health surveillance and data visualization.

Course Outline

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Course Objectives

  • Explain the concept of population health and how it is being applied to health care today
  • Describe the role of data and analytics in population health management
  • Evaluate the various population-health informatics solutions
  • Describe approaches to population health measurement and evaluation
  • Assess the value and sustainability of informatics applications in population health

What You Learn

  • Introduction to population health management and informatics
  • Managing data and foundational technologies to enable population health
  • Informatics in population health surveillance and statistical issues
  • Big data, cloud computing and visual analytics in population health
  • Design, development and system evaluation of population health informatics applications
  • Telehealth applications, personal health records and mobile health interventions
  • Economic value of informatics applications in population health
  • Privacy, confidentiality, security and ethics, and innovations and sustainability in population health technologies

How You Learn

  • Discussion assignments
  • Written assignments 
  • Quizzes 
  • Final project 
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Sections

Section 003

Start Anytime Online

Course Fee(s)

Course Fee credit (2 units)

$1,350.00


Type Online, Start Anytime

Enroll in this class at any time and progress through the curriculum at your own pace.

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

2 semester units

Instructors

  • Melanie Meyer

Section Notes

Online, enroll anytime. This continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. (Learn more.) You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.

Section Materials

  • (Mandatory) Population Health Informatics: Driving Evidence-Based Solutions Into Practice by Ashish Joshi, Lorna Thorpe, Levi Waldron © 2017 Jones & Bartlett Learning Pap/Psc edition ISBN-13: 978-1284103960

This course applies to the following programs:

Professional Program in Health Informatics

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Required Courses

  • Introduction to Health Informatics
  • Electronic Health Record Systems and Beyond
  • Interoperability, Standards and Health Information Exchange
  • Population Health Informatics

Learn More About this Program

Notes

Departmental contact for academic questions: extension-publichealth@berkeley.edu | (510) 642-1061

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Melanie Meyer

Melanie Meyer, M.S., Ph.D., helps health care organizations better utilize technology and data to deliver higher-quality care at a lower cost. For more than 15 years, she has worked in a wide variety of health care settings, including health system, physician practice, post-acute care, managed care, community health and academic medical center. Dr. Meyer is a recipient of the CHIA Literary Award and has written articles for Journal of AHIMA, Population Health Management and Gartner, among others. She uses a team-based, collaborate approach to enable enterprise-wide performance improvement through the successful integration of health care clinical and financial information systems with improved business operational processes across the continuum of care.

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