Applied Clinical Informatics

3 Credits.

This course introduces students to the field of Applied Clinical Informatics, which is focused on improving patient care through enhanced use of clinical information systems. Students will be exposed to a wide range of cliniclal workflows and how health information technology and systems support them. Topics in the course included: Bar Coding, Clinical Decision Support, Computerized Provider Order Entry, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Prescribing, Health Information Exchange, Master Patient Index, and Telehealth/Telemedicine. Each of these will be examined within the appropriate context of clinical care transitions, patient saftey and care quality, inpatient/ambulatory care settings, information security and deployment of HIT.