Health Research and Analytics

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of foundational concepts and ideas around utilizing and analyzing healthcare data. The principles of data science and its practical application to diverse areas of health informatics will also be covered in this course. Students will learn the approaches, methods, tools, and concepts of health services research, analysis, presentation, and interpretation of findings. Additionally, this course will include the role of research in public health informatics and its impact on population health and care processes. Students will also work on publicly available data to apply the concepts from this course.