HI 5309 Introduction to Health Data and Electronic Health Records

This course will focus on Health Information and Electronic Health Records. Health Information is collected and entered by a wide variety of professionals and in some cases by the patient or client. This information is captured in a variety of formats, from pre-structured lists to narrative paragraphs. The data is used in a variety of different ways by a wide variety of users. In many cases the person who enters the data is the prime user of the data. In other cases one person enters the data, which in tern is used by others, e.g. the clinician may enter a diagnosis which is then interpreted by a coder for use in billing.

Different elements of health data have different legal status. These differences are observed within a country and are more evident when comparing the legal status across countries.

This course will examine how health data are collected, how they are used and the impact of electronic records on the health data. The course will review standards, and standards development, languages used, and issues related to information processing I healthcare. The course will review the impact of electronic records on health and healthcare including, legal, financial and clinical design issues

Prerequisites

Consent of instructor, high speed internet connection

Additional Information

Content Outline

1.    Introduction to Health Information, Information Management and Electronic Records
2.    Health Care Systems, An Overview
3.    Health Information Management
4.    Health Care Information Systems, An Integrated Approach
5.    Systems Thinking
6.    Health Information Infrastructure and Health Data Concepts
7.    Data Quality and Technology
8.    Electronic Health Records: A Unifying Principle
9.    Coding, Classsification and Reimbursement Systems
10.    Data Access and Retention
11.    Health Care Data and Database Concepts
12.    Evolving Standards
13.    Systems Development Methodologies
14.    Health Management Information System Technology Architecture
15.    Communication System Architecture
16.    Strategic Planning and Management Accountability
17.    Resource Management
18.    Implementing Domain and Control Architecture
19.    Statistics
20.    Research and Epidemology
21.    Performance Management and Patient Safety
22.    Registries
23.    Health Law
24.    Human Resource Management
25.    Operational Management
26.    Revenue Cycle & Financial Management
27.    Revenue Cycle & Financial Management
28.    Information Systems Life Cycle
29.    What is the Reference Information Model (RIM)?
30.    Open source models and EHRs
31.    Disaster Recovery
32.    Evaluation of Electronic Health Records
33.    Overcoming Barriers to EHR Adoption