HIT2201 Health Information Technology Systems
This course will provide an in-depth look at the use of information technology in the healthcare delivery systems including the role, purpose, and use of health information systems, computer-based patient records, various health information system applications, information system life cycle, and future technologies. Topics include defining the EHR, identifying early attempts at development, challenges to adoption of the EHR, and relates the current status of the EHR, hardware, software, proprietary applications used in Health Information Management, clinical inpatient information systems, and learning new initiatives in healthcare computing such as information exchange and personal health records.