INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS
Overview of the field of applied clinical and health informatics will provide foundational knowledge of the core concepts of clinical and health informatics and how those principles are used to improve health and health care delivery.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the foundational principles and challenges of clinical and health informatics Audience: Graduate 2. Summarize the use of health records in health care delivery, and practical challenges of their use Audience: Graduate 3. Illustrate focus areas in informatics, such as public health, population medicine, and consumer informatics Audience: Graduate 4. Identify emerging technologies in clinical and health informatics Audience: Graduate 5. Apply health equity principles in evaluation of clinical and health information system and their delivery Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the foundational principles and challenges of clinical and health informatics Audience: Graduate 2. Summarize the use of health records in health care delivery, and practical challenges of their use Audience: Graduate 3. Illustrate focus areas in informatics, such as public health, population medicine, and consumer informatics Audience: Graduate 4. Identify emerging technologies in clinical and health informatics Audience: Graduate 5. Apply health equity principles in evaluation of clinical and health information system and their delivery Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027