CS 720: Advanced Topics in Informatics

Clinical information systems and stand-alone information systems are evaluated for use in healthcare systems from an organizational, financial, ethical and legal perspective. Standards and principles for the selection of information systems technology appropriate to specialized population needs are examined. The critical ability to conceptualize, develop and execute a healthcare outcome evaluation plan based on data extraction from an identified system is examined. The management of individual and aggregate level information for the support and quality improvement of patient and population care is analyzed. Communication plans and system roll-out is addressed. Selected topics include information literacy, personal digital assistants, documentation classification systems, electronic health record, data repositories, Community Health Information Network, national informatics initiatives and Institute of Medicine recommendations are addressed