BMT-57407 Standards, Interoperability and Regulations in Health Informatics, 3 cr

Additional information

This course corresponds to the old course SGN-57406 but the assignment of SGN-57406 has been moved to the laboratory course SGN-57606.
Suitable for postgraduate studies.

Person responsible

Alpo Värri

Lessons

Implementation Period Person responsible Requirements
BMT-57407 2018-01 3 Alpo Värri
Exam and accepted exercises.

Learning Outcomes

This course introduces student with key principles related to standards and regulations, which are essential to know while working in the health informatics domain. Health information systems interoperability and key standards will also be studied. Course requires the student to have pre-existing knowledge on basics of health information systems. After having passed this course, the student: - Can define what data security, privacy, and safety. - Knows the central regulations related to health information systems and privacy and security of health data, and knows how they need to be taken into account in health information system development. - Knows general health informatics standards and interoperability approaches, and can describe how they are applied in practice. - Can apply the most important standards which are widely used in Finland in health information systems in software development - Can assess whether a health information system is implemented according to regulations and interoperability principles.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Health informatics regulations, particularly for health software production: key international directives, national regulation, self-regulation.     
2. Security, privacy, and data protection. Principles and guidelines for application in health informatics.     
3. Standards and interoperability in health informatics. Key standards: HL7, CDA, IHE, etc.   Status of application of standards in Finland and other EU countries.   
4. Health information systems conformance assessment.     

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

The students should attend the lectures and exercises and study the additional provided material in Moodle for the exam.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Additional information Examination material
Book   Principles of Health Interoperability HL7 and SNOMED   Tim Benson   978-1-4471-2800-7     Clear introduction to important standards in this course, recommended.   No   
Lecture slides   Lecture notes on Standards, Interoperability and Regulations in Health Informatics   N.N.         Yes   
Other online content   Standard documents   ISO/TC215, CEN/TC251, HL7, IEEE 11073, European Commission, FDA       Selected health informatics standards from various standardisation organisations   Yes   

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
TIE-02201 Ohjelmointi 2: Perusteet Advisable   1
TIE-02207 Programming 2: Basics Advisable   1
TIE-02301 Johdatus ohjelmistotuotantoon Advisable   2
TIE-21107 Software Engineering Methodologies Advisable   2
BMT-57106 Health Care Processes and Information Systems Advisable    
YHTTAY-72101 Tietokantojen perusteet Advisable    

1 . These courses are mutually exclusive.

2 . These courses are mutually exclusive.



Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
BMT-57407 Standards, Interoperability and Regulations in Health Informatics, 3 cr BMT-57408 Standards, Interoperability and Regulations in Health Informatics, 5 cr  
BMT-57407 Standards, Interoperability and Regulations in Health Informatics, 3 cr SGN-57407 Standards, Interoperability and Regulations in Health Informatics, 3 cr  

Updated by: Väisänen Outi, 13.03.2018