VICTOR BALOGUN, PH.D

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Class Notes | Syllabus

 

Course Objectives

This course is an introduction to health informatics concepts and their applications. It provides an overview of concepts and current themes in health informatics – a discipline that deals with the collection, storage, retrieval and use of health related data, information and knowledge. We will explore a number of topics central to the understanding of the field. This course is intended for those who wish to get sufficient background to follow progress and potentially carry out development activities in the field. Readings and case studies describe health informatics systems.

Department of Applied Computer Science

University of Winnipeg, 

Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

Office Hours: Tue, 1:00pm – 2:00 pm

Office: 3D18  

Phone: 204-988-7664

Email: vi.balogun@uwinnipeg.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to ACS-2816-001:

Lecture Updates:

 

Class meeting time and Venue:                   

T/Th 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM  3D03

Important Dates

Lecture Begins:                     January 4, 2023

First Assignment Due:        January 31, 2023

Reading Week (no classes):   February 19-25

Mid-Term Exam:                February 28, 2023

Last Class:                April 4

Final Exam:            TBD

 

http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/exam-schedules/index.html

Final withdrawal date w/o academic penalty:

 March 14, 2023

 

University closures:      

   Louis Riel Day:           February 20, 2023

   Good Friday:                     April 9, 2023

 

Evaluation Criteria

· Assignments (15%)

· Assignment 1 (5%)

· Assignment 2 (5%)

· Assignment 3 (5%)

· Group Discussion/Reflection (10%)

· Case Studies/Term Paper (15%)

· Mid-Term Exam (20%)

 

· Final Exam (40%)

 

Course Updates/News

 

 

Author(s): Phillip Olla, PhD;                        Joseph Tan, PhD

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett                         Learning

Copyright year: © 2023 

 

ISBN: 9781284153859

Class Notes | Syllabus

Digital Health Care: Perspectives, Applications, and Cases: Perspectives,  Applications, and Cases by Joseph Tan | Goodreads

Week

Date

Topics

Slides/Readings/Additional References

Assignments/ Tests/ Resources

1

Jan. 5

Course outline

 Topic 1: Health Informatics Overview

Course Outlines

Chapter 2

 

· Assignment 1 Due Jan. 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

2

Jan. 10/12

Topic 1: Health Informatics Overview cont’d

 

 

 

Chapter 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Jan. 17/19

 

Topic 2: Health Informatics Data & Databases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Jan.24/26

Topic 2: Health Informatics Data & Databases cont’d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Jan. 31 / Feb.

2

Topic 3: Biomedical Decision Making

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Feb. 7/9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topic 3: Biomedical Decision Making cont’d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Feb. 14/16

 

 

 

 

 

Topic 4: Health Systems Design & Basic Concepts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Feb. 21/23

 

 

 

 

Topic 4: Health Systems Design & Basic Concepts  cont’d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Feb. 19—25

Reading Week (No Classes)  

9

Feb. 28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Midterm exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Mar. 2/7/9

 

 

 

Topic 5: Standards in Biomedical Informatics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Mar.

14/16

· Public Health Informatics: Equity, Ethical, & Privacy Considerations

 

 

 

· Security & Privacy Issues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

· Compliance and Privacy of Health Information

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· Clinical Decision Support Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Mar. 21/23

 

· Consumer Health Informatics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

· Consumer Health Informatics Tools

 

 

· Sensors and Wearable Electronics in Health Care

 

· Personalized Medicine, 3D Printing, and Digital Therapeutics

· Technology Transforming Health Care

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Mar. 28/30

 

Case Studies Presentation

 

 

 

 

Term Paper Presentation Set 1

 

 

 

 

14

April 4

Case Studies Presentation

 

 

Term Paper Presentation Set 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Exam

Time: TBD