Biomedical Informatics

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This didactic course will provide an overview of the field of Biomedical Informatics from different perspectives. This course will provide an overview of biology and medicine relevant to healthcare from an informatics perspective. This course focuses on utilizing data to solve relevant health and informatic problems that the healthcare system is facing. Emphasis is given to understanding the basic building blocks, various information resources and the application areas of Biomedical Informatics. Students will learn to explore the process of developing and applying computational techniques for determining the information needs of healthcare providers and patients. This class uses lectures, flipped classroom approaches where needed as well as student led discussions. Relevant topics include Electronic Health Records, Patient Quality Assessment and Improvements, Evidence Based Medicine, Natural Language Processing, Consumer and Public Health Informatics.