Course Catalog 2013-2014
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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

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Assignment
 4 h/week
 12 h/per
 30 h/per



 



 



 



 
SGN-57206 2013-01 Tuesday 12 - 14, TC219
Tuesday 12 - 14, TB206

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:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

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

Course Corresponds course  Description 
SGN-57206 Health Information Systems, 5 cr BME-2610 Health Care Information Systems, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
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Last modified18.01.2013