Healthcare Information and Technology - Data

Catalog description

Explores the sources and data contents of healthcare information as well as the proper presentation of it for different usage levels. Topic addressed include: 1) data structure and use of health information (individual, comparative and aggregate), 2) type and content of health record, 3) data quality assessment, 4) secondary data sources, 5) healthcare data sets, 6) Health information archival systems, and 7) National Health care Information Infrastructure (NHII). This course will also cover topics in bioinformatics.