HQS 516 Information Systems and Technology for Improved Healthcare
This course is intended to provide insight and understanding in information and patient care technologies. It addresses four broad areas of information systems and technology. These include:1) The use of patient care and other technologies to deliver and enhance care, 2) Communication technologies in organizations to integrate and coordinate care, 3) Issues of data management to analyze and improve patient outcomes, 4) Health information management for evidence-based care and health education of patients. The course recognizes that information system technology is a dynamic entity in the healthcare system and an attitude of lifelong learning and adaptation is fostered.
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Three semester hours credit.