Course Syllabus

 

Course Syllabus

HMI550 – Health & Medical Information Systems Overview

Spring 2015 ON LINE

Instructor: James F. Ferreira Office Hours: Before or after class

Or by Appointment

Telephone: 617-513-0078 E-mail: jferreir@Endicott.edu

A. Required Text/Author:

Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management, Third Edition; Karen A. Wager, Frances Wickham Lee, and John P. Glaser; Jossey-Bass, 2013. [ISBN 978-1-118-17353-4 paperback, ISBN-978-1-118-41936-6 (ePDF), ISBN 978-1-118-42093-5 (ePub) ]

B. Course Description:

IT systems relating to healthcare and medical records are changing at an incredible pace. Significant investments in Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR), electronic prescriptions (ePrescriptions), together with advances in testing, voice recognition, digital imaging and knowledge management have placed an increased emphasis on the integration of all these components. The further challenge of providing national, integrated access to healthcare data across a disparate set of vendors and applications make this a very complex challenge.

This course provides an overview of the discipline of health informatics including key definitions, concepts, models and theories. The student is introduced to key application areas within Health Informatics, as well as historical, current, and emerging information systems in health care. Students will learn features and functions that are common to most health care information systems. (3 Graduate Credits)

C. Prerequisite: None

D. Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

1. Understand the portfolio of systems in healthcare

2. Be aware of the integration challenges across healthcare systems.

3. Be aware of the integration challenges across healthcare systems.

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E. Requirements: Each student is expected to:

A. Read the text and prepare homework assignments.

F. Evaluation:

The final course grade will be based on the following components and all are required for a passing grade.

1. Case Assignments 65% Written

2. Term Project 35% Written

G. Useful websites

The Official Web Site for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs, http://www.cms.gov/ehrincentiveprograms/

HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)

www.himss.org/

www.Healthit.gov (the official site for Health IT information)

www.Healthcareitnews.com

www.Healthcare-informatics.com (Healthcare IT Leadership, Vision & Strategy)

H. Assignments Starting with week 2 and through week 6, students will be required to answer the questions that are under the term Case Number on pages 5-12 for each week. A successful summary will demonstrate that the student has distilled the key messages from the readings and made critical insights into the issues raised and addressed by the authors. Late homework assignments will not be accepted for credit.

I. Term Project

A final paper (10-15 pages) will be due between the final week of class (February 25, 2015-March 3, 2015). This paper is based on the detail outlined in a separate file called "Term Project". MHI550 Spring 2015 Page 3

　

J. Grading System:

The following grading system will be effective January 1, 2012. All other grading policies described in the student handbook still apply: p. 13 for master degree programs; p. 16 for undergraduate programs Letter Grade	Numerical Equivalent	Grade Point Value
A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F	94-100 90-93 87-89 84-86 80-83 77-79 74-76 70-73 67-69 64-66 60-63 Below 60	4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.0