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Health Management Information Systems

Location
Internet
Term
4th Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Introduction to Online Learning.

Description
Provides a broad overview of healthcare information systems with emphasis on historical foundations, current issues, and industry pressures pushing modernization and increased sophistication in the use of technology. Major topics include: an overview of healthcare use of information technology, medical informatics, public health informatics, Information Technology infrastructure, ethics in computing, computer security, consumer informatics, clinical software, computing in clinical education, research computing, IT strategy, community-wide clinical information sharing, and the future of healthcare computing.