Advanced Health Informatics

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course provides a broad overview of Health Informatics and is designed for the health data science program. Given the generally high level of Health Informatics field and its important role in the healthcare delivery, it is likely that each of you will have (or may already have had) some notion about informatics, information technologies in healthcare at some point in your careers. This course will provide you with a framework to help you understand the informatics environment in healthcare, to assess different components of the ecosystem, to develop understanding about each of the major building blocks, and to be able to think about the specific technologies enabling health information access, sharing and analysis to improve performance, efficiency and enable a better patient outcome. This course also provides an understanding of the leadership role of the health data scientist, implementation and management of technologies including computer based decision models to structure information and analyze complex organizational problems. Current and future IT applications such as the electronic health record (EHR), mobile health, and telemedicine will be analyzed for their influence on cost, quality and access to care; the legal, ethical and regulatory ramifications of these technological advances will also be explored.