Health Care Informatics
Information and communication technologies are increasingly being applied to the healthcare context, with many new jobs opening up in areas such as health information management, electronic health records, and consumer and public health informatics. Explore the challenges and career opportunities provided by these recent developments. Discuss major issues-social, cultural, political, economic, technological, historical, and ethical-associated with health informatics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Prerequisites & course information
Information and communication technologies are increasingly being applied to the healthcare context, with many new jobs opening up in areas such as health information management, electronic health records, and consumer and public health informatics. Explore the challenges and career opportunities provided by these recent developments. Discuss major issues-social, cultural, political, economic, technological, historical, and ethical-associated with health informatics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027