Health Information Technology - HPE321

This course introduces electronic health information systems, designs, implementation, and application. Students gain knowledge and skills in techniques for managing and maintaining electronic health data and compilation, analysis, of healthcare statistics, research protocols and techniques. Topics include imaging technology, information security and integrity, data dictionaries, basic statistical principles, databases, registries, descriptive statistics, research protocol monitoring, including data collection and analysis, data sources/sets, archival systems, and quality and integrity of healthcare data. Please download a copy of the syllabus for a full course description.