Course Search

For majors only

This course prepares students for successful integration of health information systems into healthcare practice. Healthcare providers are central to successful integration. Three domains are addressed: challenges encountered in health information system implementation; considerations for integration of health information systems; and system design in the perspective of end users.

1. Understand the importance of data integrity in health informatics.2. Analyze health IT systems' role in ensuring data security.3. Evaluate interoperability challenges in health information systems.4. Analyze socio-technical systems' role in health IT.5. Evaluate human factors in health informatics.

*The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

• HIN 502 or HIT 502