Introduction to Medical Informatics Credits: 3

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of Biomedical and Health Informatics. It describes the use of data, information and knowledge in improving healthcare and biomedical research. This includes the use of technology and computers to store, retrieve, and process data. Topics include clinical decision making, standards and clinical terminology, natural language processing, imaging, electronic health records, patient monitoring, consumer health informatics, public health informatics, clinical decision support, bioinformatics, translational bioinformatics and clinical research informatics.