Online Certificate Course on Health Informatics
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Course Details
Outline of Program for Health Informatics Online Certificate Course
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Supten Sarbadhikari, MBBS, PhD The approval of this course is a requirement for the certification; however, students can attend it regardless of course completion certification. If students want to receive an Official Course Completion Certificate, they must satisfactorily complete all mandatory assignments in the specified timeframe. PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India will issue the Certificate. This course is estimated to take about 50 hours to complete. Participants successfully completing the course are likely to be involved in the identification, planning, implementation and use of computer-based information systems in all areas of the healthcare industry, including hospitals and health directorates. The ones from a technology background may envision the potential benefits of using computers and work at the interface of technology and society in the area of healthcare delivery. INR 5,000/= (Rupees five thousand only in Indian Currency) or USD 150/=. For Further details please download the Application Form from: Application.pdf
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Introduction and overview Health informatics is an inter-disciplinary, multi-dimensional field focusing on the collection, storage, retrieval, management, and optimal use of health related data, information and knowledge. It is a socio-technical field that emphasizes an understanding of both the organizational and cultural environment of health services and computing and information systems tools and processes. Health information management is becoming increasingly important to effective and efficient health care. The informatics tools, commonly known as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools applied to healthcare delivery, used judiciously can help us to deliver more effective, more efficient and more patient-oriented health care. However, improperly used they waste time and money, create inefficiencies, and dehumanize our interactions with each other. Healthcare delivery personnel who understand and are able to utilize health informatics tools and applications will be more empowered to deliver better healthcare. Health informatics is an emerging discipline and profession in its own right, with emerging career opportunities. For technocrats involved with healthcare delivery, there is a need for interactions with a wide range of people, including consumers, health professionals, administrators and vendors, in many instances playing a pivotal role as information systems are developed, implemented and maintained. The health informatics professional therefore needs broad skills and knowledge which incorporates principles and applications of information management, and an understanding of organizational culture, change management and innovation diffusion. This program intends to offer students the opportunity to develop the necessary skills and knowledge.
Further advanced training will allow students to specialize in a
particular area of health informatics, like bioinformatics, public
health informatics, and clinical informatics. We are for helping you for anything that you would need. You can talk with the others in your mentor group at any time. But remember: You must never discuss your Tutor-Marked Assignment with anyone else until all of you have submitted it. Enjoy this course and Good luck to all of you! This course is intended to introduce the basics of healthcare informatics. At the end of completion of this course, the students will be skilled in the learning objectives listed below.
Schedule / Study plan: MODULES and Objectives:
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Introduction and overview This unit will address the basic concepts of health informatics. You will learn about various topics and their relevance. The topics presented here form the basis for much of the subsequent course and further detail on some of those will be provided in later modules. 2. Computer hardware and software basics This unit will cover the basic concepts of computer hardware, software and networks. 3. Net searching tips This unit will provide some tips for making effective search on the Internet (Google, PubMed). 4. Databases and Knowledge management This unit will introduce the basic concepts of databases, nomenclature, vocabulary, terminology and evidence-based medicine (EBM). 5. Standards for health informatics This unit will cover the basic concepts of types and need for standards in healthcare information exchange like LOINC, SNOMED-CT, ICD-9/10. 6. Electronic Health Records, HL7 and XML This unit will introduce the basic concepts of electronic health records (EHR) and EMR, a standard HL7, issues of concern, and the importance of XML in transmitting and receiving useful medical records. 7. Integrated HIS including Clinical Decision Support Systems This unit will stress on the necessity of Integration of health information technology with clinical knowledge management and decision support. 8. Imaging and DICOM This unit will cover the basic concepts of medical imaging, including PACS, and a related standard DICOM. 9. Requirements management This unit will address the concept of “requirements management” with respect to design, development, implementation; testing and deployment of integrated HIS. 10. Telehealth principles and practice This unit will introduce the basic concepts of e-health and telemedicine. The 10 modules of this course will be conducted over a 13 week (3-months) period. The student should plan for an estimated average of 4-5 hours of course work per week, taking into account the topics of study and background of students. Hardware and Software requirements To access the course materials students need a personal computer (PC) or Laptop, running MS Windows or Linux, MS Office or Open Office and a web browser. Students also require Internet access via an Internet Service Provider (ISP) of their choice. Minimum hardware requirements are: 133 megahertz or higher Pentium or equivalent, 20 gigabytes or higher hard disk, minimum 32 megabytes of RAM, monitor – 800 ´ 600 at 65,000 or more colors, 28.8k modem or better, sound card and CD / DVD read/write facility. The Course is directed at anyone (either from healthcare or technology background) associated with and/or interested in healthcare delivery. As this is a virtual course students need to know how to navigate through a web site in order to access and download the course resources and upload the assignments and participate in the discussion forums. This course also requires fluency in reading/writing in English language. The resources include:
• Study guides
facilitating the student learning process Two-way communication between those taking the course and the faculty will be through emails only. Assessment consists of weekly assignments. Students are required to email and discuss their assessment items with the subject tutor. There is no on-campus requirement.
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