Healthcare Information Systems

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of various types, uses, and trends of health information technology. This course will help students to develop an understanding of the systems and the use of health information that is used to assist with corporate strategy, project management, population health, and patient care. Emphasis will be placed on case studies of systems utilized in areas such as patient-care, clinical decision-support, disease and demographic surveillance, imaging, simulation, safety, and environmental assessments. Fundamentals of proposing, reporting, and refereeing evaluation studies are covered. Legal and ethical issues related to training, security, confidentiality, and the use of informed consent will also be addressed. Pre- requisite MHA 645. (Offered Fall, Spring, Summer)