Second in the series, IS 461/661 focuses on applications

IS 461/661 Health Informatics - II will introduce the senior and graduate students to the applications of biomedical informatics. The students will learn about electronic health records, health information infrastructure, management of information in healthcare organizations, patient centered care systems, public health informatics, and telehealth along with other important application areas. The information provided in this course is crucial for students who may want to participate in the health IT organizations at any capacity. The students will also gain an opportunity to gain more in-depth knowledge in a topic they choose to further explore within a team formation.

The contents of the course are as follows (the last two depending on time):

• Electronic Health Record Systems
• Health Information Infrastructure
• Management of Information in Health Care Organizations
• Patient-Centered Care Systems
• Public Health Informatics
• Consumer Health Informatics and Personal Health Records
• Telehealth
• Patient Monitoring Systems
• Imaging Systems in Radiology
• Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries
• Clinical Decision-Support Systems
• Computers in Health Care Education
• Bioinformatics
• Translational Bioinformatics
• Clinical Research Informatics
• Health Information Technology Policy
• The Future of Informatics in Biomedicine