CPE7601

Healthcare information systems

(MED)

Dr L Seldon

6 points + 4 hours per week + First semester + Second semester + off campus distributed learning

Synopsis: How health data is collected, stored and communicated, and how that data is processed into health information suitable for administrative and clinical decision making. Issues include the language of healthcare, coding of data, EDI, Health Level 7. Systems thinking, types of health information systems and their operational and control features. Interactions between systems and subsystems. Operational transaction processing systems. Process modelling techniques for modelling health information processes. Processes for construction of customer interfaces.

Assessment: Essay: 40% + Assignment: 60%