Health Care Informatics

Catalog description

Investigates the foundational and practical understanding of health informatics in health care. Prepares students for the computer assisted management process of the future. Topics include health informatics vocabularies, health data management, electronic health records, data security and privacy, distributed and interoperable health information systems, technical data privacy requirements and compliance, and health information management. Provides hands-on training on use of software for health information systems, data analysis and presentation.