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2012-2013 Saint Joseph’s College Online 
    
2012-2013 Saint Joseph’s College Online [Archived Catalog]

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HA 214 - Health Care Informatics


This introductory course focuses on the application of information sciences in health care settings. The emphasis is on the management of information and its use in clinical and administrative settings rather than the technology itself. Topics include collaborative technologies, applications, management systems, ethics, the information life cycle, information ownership, strategy, and the transformation of data to information.

Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205 or LTC 210.

Assignment Overview
Assignments: 4 Units

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

  • Understand health information management, from paper-based to computerized systems. 
  • Assimilate the core components of health information management systems and how they integrate. 
  • Analyze how health information systems may be used strategically to improve health care outcomes and efficiency. 
  • Demonstrate the process of choosing and implementing a health information system. 
  • Identify the ethical issues inherent to health information management and how computerization may ameliorate or exacerbate each issue. 
  • Explain the role communication plays in developing and maintaining a health information system.


Credits: 3



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