Health Informatics

Unit 1: Background and Foundational Information * Introduction: The Evolution of Health Informatics * Theoretical Foundations of Health informatics * Evidence-Based Practice and Informatics * Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining, and Practice-Based Evidence * Program Evaluation and Research Techniques Unit 2: Information Systems in Health Care Delivery * Electronic Health Records and Applications for Managing Patient Care * Applications for Managing Institutions Delivering Healthcare * Telehealth and Applications for Delivering Care at a Distance * Home Health and Related Community-Based Systems * Clinical Decision Support Systems in Healthcare * Public Health Informatics * Technical Infrastructure to Support Healthcare Unit 3: Participatory Health Care Informatics and Health Care on the Internet * The Evolving ePatient * Social Networking and Other Web-Based Applications in Healthcare * Personal Health Records (PHRs) Unit 4: Project Management Tools and Procedures * Identifying and Selecting an Information System Solution * Implementing and Upgrading an Information System Solution * Health System Downtime and Disaster Recovery Unit 5: Quality, Usability and Standards in Informatics * Privacy, Confidentiality, Security and Safety * Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives in Informatics * Improving the User Experience for Health Information Technology Products * Standards Unit 6: Governance and Organizational Structures for Informatics * Health IT Governance * Legal Issues, Federal Regulations and Accreditation * Health Policy and Informatics Unit 7: Education and Informatics * Informatics in the Curriculum for Healthcare Professionals * Distance Education: Applications, Techniques and Issues * Information Systems and Technical Tools in Healthcare Education * Simulation in Healthcare Education Unit 8: International Informatics Efforts * International Efforts, Issues, and Innovations Unit 9: The Present and Future 31. Future Directions and Future Research in Health Informatics