Applied Healthcare Informatics and Analytics. 2 Credit Hours

Catalog description

This elective course is designed for students interested in applied healthcare informatics and analytics. This course will focus primarily on practical skills and knowledge for hands-on analytics applied to healthcare settings. Discussions of theory will be more limited and directed to a greater understanding required for practical application of the knowledge. The course will include traditional lectures as well as in-class and assigned database work using Microsoft Access, Excel, and Power BI. The course will include periodic short quizzes as well as a mid-term and final exam. Course participants will plan and evaluate a small healthcare analytics project for use in a healthcare system.