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Course Catalog 2013-2014
SGN-57206 Health Information Systems, 5 cr |
Additional information
This course replaces courses BME-2606 eHealth and BME-2610 Terveydenhuollon tietojärjestelmät (Healthcare Information Systems). The course will be lectured in English.
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Ilkka Korhonen
Lessons
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Requirements
Exam, course project and report. Participation in course excursion.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning Outcomes
This course provides the basics of health information systems. After this course, student: - Knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems, healthcare information systems, eHealth, and consumer health. History of health information systems. - Understands the specifics of health information and knows the basics of health information models. - Can describe typical eHealth applications and their benefits: hospital information systems, EHR, PHR, ePrescription, telemedicine, mHealth, consumer health informatics - Knows the contents and use of electronic patient record and personal health record, and key architectures, and understands the most important interoperability issues. - Knows key concepts of health informatics assessment and current evidence base for eHealth benefits. - Can design basic eHealth implementation project and can detect main barriers for eHealth adoption.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Terminology and basic concepts of health information systems, healthcare information systems, eHealth, and consumer health. | History of health information systems | |
| 2. | Health information models. Specifics of health information. | ||
| 3. | Typical health information systems: hospital information systems, electronic health record, electronic patient record, telemedicine, ePrescription. | mHealth, consumer health informatics. | |
| 4. | Basics of health information system interoperability. EHR and PHR contents and architectures. | ||
| 5. | Health informatics assessment and evaluation. | Current evidence on health information system benefits. Importance and challenges in assessment. | |
| 6. | Health information system implementation. |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
Course project (20%) and exam (80%).
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Lecture slides | Lecture notes for Health Information Systems | Ilkka Korhonen | Lecture notes and further readings will be delivered via course web pages. | Yes | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| TIE-02200 Ohjelmoinnin peruskurssi | Advisable | |
| TLO-11006 Basics of Information and Knowledge Management | Advisable |
Additional information about prerequisites
For Minor in Health Informatics, it is recommended (but not required) that student has passed course TIE-02200 (Basics of Programming) or OHJ-1150 Ohjelmointi II, or has otherwise acquired similar level knowledge on programming. TLO-11006 Basics of Information and Knowledge Management is also recommended but not required.
This course can be passed without these pre-requisites.
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Correspondence of content
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