Syllabus
Course Objectives / Learning Outcomes
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.
Course Outline (Tentative)
- Foundational Health Informatics
- Introduction to Health Informatics
- Biomedical Data: Acquisition, Storage and Use
- Biomedical Decision Making
- Health Systems Design and Basic Concepts
- Standards in Health Informatics
- Ethics, Privacy and Confidential in Health Informatics
- Evaluation and Technology Assessment
- Applied Health Informatics
- Electronic Health Record Systems
- Management of Clinical Information
- Consumer Health Informatics
- Patient Monitoring Systems
- Medical Imaging Informatics
- Health Informatics Ahead
- Future of Computer Applications in Health Care
Course Outline
The complete course outline is here (pdf)