HCA 5210 Healthcare Information Systems
The goal of this course is to provide students with a broad understanding of the strategic application of information systems technology and leveraging information systems to analyze clinical data and to support decision-making in healthcare organizations. Specifically, we will present the fundamental principles, relevant healthcare knowledge and terminology, and building blocks of healthcare information systems, including the characteristics of data, information, and knowledge, the common algorithms for health applications, and technological components in real-world clinical processes. It also introduces the technical framework for handling the collection, storage, and optimal use of biomedical data. Our emphasis is on conceptual frameworks as well as a deeper level of real-world applications, covering the planning, implementation, and evaluation of information systems, and how they relate to practical healthcare decision-making and management. It also provides a basic understanding of data standards and requirements, and the critical concepts and practices in mapping and interpreting health information.