Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice

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This course introduces health informatics, including the interdisciplinary study of IT-based innovations’ design, development, adoption, and application in healthcare services delivery, management, and planning. Students learn foundational concepts of health informatics, including theoretical foundations of informatics; information systems in health care delivery; participatory health care and quality; usability and standards in health informatics; governance and organizational structures for health informatics; and future directions for the science and profession. Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing Program.