INFS6440-A Adv Health Care Informatics (Fall 2013)

Course Details

Section will be taught totally online with no scheduled class meetings. Students must arrange for daily access to a computer and the Internet prior to the start of classes. Robert Morris labs are to be used only as a backup in special situations and may not be relied upon for extended periods of time. In addition to the Internet link, online classes have a large emphasis on email. All messages from the instructor and other information regarding online classes, including user ids, passwords, and login instructions will be sent to your Robert Morris University email account. Visit http://rmu.blackboard.com/ for more information.
Session, Dates: 4 (10/19/2013 - 12/14/2013)
Days: ONLINE
Time: -
Location: Internet/Online
Room:
Seats Available: 3 Seats
Credits: 3
The following additional fees apply to this section:   Fully Online Fee : $150.00

Course Description

Advanced Health Care Informatics presents models and approaches for design, implementation, management, maintenance, and evaluation of clinical information systems in view of core clinical process requirements. Through practical assignments students examine project management, including human and financial resource allocation, clinical systems integration, change management, organizational and group processes, and the impacts of clinical decision support systems. Assignments include strategies for assuring patient safety, for supporting the detection and prevention of adverse events, and for protecting confidentiality and privacy in research using clinical and genomic data collected through patient care.

Course Materials

About the Instructor(s)

Sushma Mishra, Ph.D.
Interim Assistant Dean, SIHSS
School of Informatics, Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor of Computer and Information Systems
Computer and Information Systems

mishra@rmu.edu
412-397-5442 phone
412-397-6469 fax
Wheatley Center 308
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