Population Health Informatics

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

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

Sections

Canceled

Type: Online, Start Anytime

Cost: $495.00

Start Now, you have 180 days to complete this course once enrolled.

Online

2 semester units

Section Notes

Online, enroll anytime. This continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 60 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.

Students must score a 70% or higher on the final exam to pass 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

Sep 01 to Dec 31