APPE: Health Informatics

Catalog description

Credits 6. 6 Other Hours. Focus on the areas of health informatics and its impact on practice; basic understanding of the history, language and concepts of information technology thereby exposing to the interdisciplinary environment of informatics project teams; database management, automation and robotics, electronic prescribing, and health records; location of the rotation will vary according to preceptor and site availability; emphasis on information searches, analysis and the development and dissemination of reports; become more familiar with HIPPA requirements and information security measures. Prerequisite: P4 classification.