HSMA 623 Healthcare Informatics
This course presents the fundamental principles, concepts, and technological
elements that make up the building blocks of healthcare informatics. It introduces
fundamental characteristics of data, information, and knowledge in the domain, the
common algorithms for health applications, and IT components in representative
clinical processes. It also introduces the conceptual framework for handling the
collection, storage and the optimal use of healthcare data. Topics include
evidence-based care, clinical workflow analysis, unintended consequences of
systems, and life-cycle management of complex clinical computing systems.
Distribution
3-0-3