An introduction to basic information management in health care service organizations. Provides an overview of health information systems for selected administrative functions and clinical care services, including electronic data interchange for billing and claims management, institutional approaches to ensuring data security and privacy, and information management and decision support for managers and clinicians.

   
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Instructors
Health Informatics Program
Department of Health Admin & Policy

Course Syllabus

Lectures
Introduction to EHR  

Business value of IT

Participatory vendor selection

Assess information needs
Improvement by design

IT project planning

IT project control

Comparative effectiveness

Impact of EHR on quality

Precision & predictive medicine

 

 

Objective HIPAA risk analysis

IT project risks 

Manage computer professionals

Social media & marketing

Related Course Pages

Teach One Assignment
Exam review
Exhibit Hall
Sentiment Analysis
IVR project
Mini Comparative Effectiveness Project


Copyright © 1996. This is an open course, the content of which is provided free of passwords and other restrictions.  Teachers are welcomed to use components of this course in their design of instructional material with appropriate attribution and without written permission. Translation of this course to other languages is encouraged.  For more information contact Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D.  Exam