Graduate Catalog

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.

Credits

3

Distribution

3-0-3