HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Catalog description

This course discusses a variety of applications of informatics in advanced nursing practice, current trends in health care transformation, as well as ethical and social issues in health care informatics and consumer informatics. The rationale for the integration of information science and computer science in support of both evidence -based practice and administrative decision m aking is provided. Current issues, health literacy, the life cycle of information systems, telenursing, telemedicine, the use of technology to improve nursing care and patient safety, and challenges in the use of clinical information systems are explored. Discussion of the process of designing, using and manipulating small and large databases for analysis of patient outcomes. Development of competencies related to quality and safety, interprofessional collaboration, systems-based practice, and health care information and technologies are facilitated. Requires 45 hours of theory.