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Course Catalog 2014-2015
SGN-57206 Health Information Systems, 5 cr |
Additional information
The course will be lectured in English.
Person responsible
Ilkka Korhonen, Janne Vainio, Niilo Saranummi
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
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Requirements
Exam, course project and report.
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 | Niilo Saranummi | Lecture notes and further readings will be delivered via course web pages. | Yes | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| TIE-02200 Ohjelmoinnin peruskurssi | Advisable | 1 |
| TIE-02206 Basic Course on Programming | Advisable | 1 |
| TLO-11000 Tietojohtamisen perusteet | Advisable | 2 |
| TLO-11006 Basics of Information and Knowledge Management | Advisable | 2 |
| TIE-02300 Johdatus ohjelmistotuotantoon | Advisable | |
| TIE-22100 Johdatus tietokantoihin | Advisable | |
| TLO-11016 Management Information Systems | Advisable |
1 . These two courses are mutually exclusive.
2 . These two courses are mutually exclusive.
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Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
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