PHE3070: Medical and Public Health Informatics

Area of Study
Credits 4.0
Variable Credits
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In today's information driven age, access to healthcare information is vital. In both healthcare and public health, there are numerous systems that track disease outbreaks, environmental risks, and vital statistics. This course seeks to train students in the use of traditional health information systems and electronic health records. This course will describe health information systems, management of these systems, data integrity and standards, functionality, privacy, security, and decision-making. Additionally, the course will discuss the use of these systems as it relates to population health.

Prerequisites

PHE3001 with a grade of C or better

Corequisites

None