Description
HIM 2211 W
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3)
3 hours per week
Prerequisites: HIM 1800
Co-req's: CGS 1100 and HIM 2201
The purpose of this course is to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the various computer health information systems that are encountered in health information departments. Topics for discussion include clinical data repositories (including the various registries), community health information networks, telemedicine, transcription, the computerized patient record, voice recognition technology and optical disc scanning. Use of data sets and databases, data collection methods, and the importance of data quality will be discussed.