HIT2200 Health Information Technology Systems
This course will provide an in-depth look at the use of information technology in the healthcare delivery system including the role, purpose and use of health information systems, computer-based patient record, various health information system applications, information system life cycle and future technologies. Topics include defining the EHR, identify early attempts at development, challenges to the adoption of the EHR, and relates current status of the EHR, hardware, software, proprietary applications used in Health Information Management, and clinical inpatient information systems, and learn new initiatives in healthcare computing such as health information exchange and the personal health record.