3 Cr. Hrs.

64171   Healthcare Computer Systems and Electronic Health Records

Prerequisites: 63268 & 61131

This course explores the current computer applications in healthcare, technology infrastructure and health informatics standards. It provides a better knowledge of the issues related to collecting, storing, managing, accessing and using patient health data in electronic form. The course prepares students to understand and use electronic records in medical practice. It covers various topics related to the management of electronic health records including the modeling of health data, efficient information retrieval, the use of electronic health records in decision support and medical data analysis. Custom designed systems in hospitals, ambulatory care, home health and long term care will also be explored.

64170  Health Information Standards                     3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: 63265

A study of health information standards being deployed and used. The standards to be examined include data, messaging and terminology standards such as meta-data schemas, HL7v2.X, HL7v3, HL7-CDA, CCR, CCD, DICOM, ICD10, LOINC, SNOMED CT, archetypes and nursing terminologies. Topics include the nature of standards, their historical evolution and lifecycles for standards from initial development, distribution to maintenance. Emphasis will be on practical knowledge and skills in how to work with standards.

64169  Healthcare Statistics and Analysis               3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: 61126 & 63268

This course assists the student in understanding and interpreting numerical data. Topics covered include descriptive statistics, linear regression, correlation analysis, sampling techniques, analysis of variance and elements of inferential statistics, with special attention to situations occurring in medical sciences.