ITE 371 Health Information Technology Concepts and Practices

The discipline of health information technology is introduced, including history, knowledge of health information technology, data management, vocabularies, standards and tools as applied in the support of health care delivery. The course provides foundation knowledge and understanding of the impact of information technology in the health care industry and vice versa. Attention is paid to the design, usage and acceptance of information technology applications. This course introduces students to the concepts and practices of health informatics. The coursework will introduce the concept of the Electronic Health Record (EHR), the underlying data model, and the technologies used to implement EHR in practices.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ITE 321 and HCM 340