Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Health Informatics: core technologies and systems (GLHE11033)
Course Outline
| School | School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Global Health |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | An introduction to the technical underpinnings of eHealth, namely the architectures and systems used to manage and exchange patient and administrative data within and across healthcare institutions. Covers key concepts such as standards, databases, interoperability, health information exchange, clinical coding and enterprise resource planning, as well as particular types of system, such as electronic health records, picture archiving and communications systems and, laboratory information systems. These are discussed with reference to institution-centred and system-wide approaches, as well as highlighting key issues for lower income settings such as the use of open source software. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
04/08/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Describe a variety of health information architectures and infrastructures
- Recognise and explain the main software issues affecting system interoperability
- Specify and deconstruct the fundamental principles and methods of electronic Health Information Exchange for patient care.
- Identify and discuss the key clinical informatics applications in hospital settings (lab reporting, CDSS, CPOE, clinical document exchange, imaging etc.) and how these are connected.
- Analyse and critique the political, economic and technical challenges to health systems integration.
- Examine the different contextual factors affecting the types of information systems that are feasible and the different infrastructure requirements pertinent to different types of setting. |
Assessment Information
Collated forum postings 30%
Final assignment 70% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Caroline Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 0269
Email: c.m.smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Gayle Fitzpatrick
Tel: (0131 6)50 9236
Email: Gayle.Fitzpatrick@ed.ac.uk |
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