HI 5350 Evaluation of Health Care Systems

This multi-disciplinary course will focus on the process of evaluating and choosing a health information system. The course will assist the student in identifying the critical needs, which the health information system is to address. Different methods of evaluation will be presented and discussed in terms of how they would apply to health information systems. The evaluation process will begin with identifying the needs of the organization, and presenting them in an organized manner so the vendors can address the needs followed by mechanisms for evaluation.

Every student or group that consists of 2-3 students should form a committee that assist the formation of their synthesis project. This Committee should include at least one faculty mentor from the core faculty listed on this page, and one from either SPH, SHIS/SPH or from the workplace where the synthesis project takes place.  In addition to working with mentors, student should work with one of their classmates to peer-review and improve the work. 
Every student’s final report should be reviewed by at least one of your classmates (i.e., peer-reviewer) before turning it in. The peer-reviewer should write comments, corrections, and suggestions on a draft of your paper, and then sign the bottom at the front cover of the paper.  The student should then incorporate their suggestions (at a minimum level with those that are valid) into your final paper.  The student should turn in the reviewed draft with classmates reviews and the final draft. One of the best ways to learn is to edit fellow classmate’s writing.
In order to help you make progress towards successful completion of this project, the following are some milestones to follow:
Due every week: one paragraph short description of progress report/method (on Moodle).
Week 4 of the semester: General outline and sample text (2~3 pages) and illustration for final project due.
Week 8 of the semester: mid-semester progress report (10 pages max):
Last week of the semester: final presentations and final project due.  The final written work should be approved by your mentors, and the abstract be submitted to an informatics or public health conference of the student’s choice.  Receipt of abstract submission should be included as a record of program completion.

Prerequisites

Consent of instructor, highspeed internet access, personal computer