Health Care Processes and Information Systems, 5 op

Ydinsisältö

• The health care process, measures utilized in it and basic governance models
• Key principles of health information and standards
• Introduction to terminology, concepts and and architectures of health ICT systems, with special focus on electronic patient record. KANTA is used as an example
• User-centered health ICT development process description
• Project work
  

Täydentävä tietämys

• Detailed analysis of the Finnish health care funding model. Operations management principles: planning of demand and supply. Process improvement example cases from hospitals.
• Key pitfalls in health ICT development. Case studies of health ICT development.
• Multidisciplinary team work: practical experience. Communication tools for project work. Collaboration with the industry partners.

Erityistietämys

• Comparison of health care governance and funding models in diffrent countries. US health care governance. Diagnostic process. Description of Paul Lillrank's demand-supply operating mode (DSO)
• Management framework tools.