Health It Business Solutions

Course Overview

Healthcare is highly regulated and associated with special needs and risks not present in other sectors. The health information system industry echoes this specialization. This course will provide an overview of principles and concepts of information technology with a focus on healthcare systems used in the healthcare setting and the industry seeking to serve these uses. This course will assist the student in identifying the critical needs of the current health information systems including vendor and healthcare organization perspectives. The course will include an examination of electronic health records, current and emerging use of clinical information systems and applications in clinical health information systems, technologies that support health care information systems, and system design, implementation, maintenance and overview and their impact on organizational resources and efficiency. The course will be taught through business-related cases, analysis of current information system challenges and opportunities in healthcare and return on investment for the organization. We will integrate current events throughout class discussion. Most classes will begin with discussion and analysis of a current healthcare challenge, and will conclude with additional insight on the application of strategies to address these challenges.

Course Objectives

1. Define the different types of health care information systems and how these support the requirements of a health care enterprise, including connectivity, cloud computing, ASP models.

2. Understand the attributes and functions of electronic health records and how they affect patient safety, quality of care, organizational efficiency, data sharing and provide ROI.

3. Define and discuss major barriers to adoption of electronic medical records and health records.

4. Describe the purposes, functions and attributes of computerized provider order entry systems and understand the problems and advantages of these systems.

5. Describe the fundamental requirements of a decision support system and how clinical practice guidelines and evidence-base practice affect the development of these systems.

6. Discuss the primary applications of patient monitoring systems and how they can be used to improve the quality of health care.

7. Examine the roles, process, storage and management of imaging systems and understand the economic and technological factors considered in the adoption of these systems.

8. Discuss the importance of cognitive engineering in health care information systems and how health information systems need to support the cognitive functions of individuals and organizations in health care organizations.

9. Discuss the roles and challenges of consumerism in health information systems.

10. Examine the role of administrative systems, their