Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Health Informatics: core technologies and systems (GLHE11033)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
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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 |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
03/08/2015 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| 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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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Collated forum postings 30%
Final assignment 70% |
| Feedback |
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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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Cunningham-Burley
Tel: (0131 6)51 1943
Email: Sarah.C.Burley@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Gayle Fitzpatrick
Tel: (0131 6)50 9236
Email: Gayle.Fitzpatrick@ed.ac.uk |
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