Introduction to Medical Informatics

Catalog description

An introduction to informatics as applied to the medical field. A study of the nature of medical information and its use in clinical practice, medical research, and medical education. The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and its impact on health care delivery. The Internet and mobile computing as sources of medical information. The Health Care Information Systems, their development, selection and implementation. The importance of the computing or informatics specialists in medicine and the various roles they can play. Privacy, confidentiality and information security including health care regulatory and accreditation issues and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).