HCI 4000 - Analytics and Decision Support

Prerequisite(s): HCI 3200; HIT 2100; MIS 3100
This course focuses on the dramatic innovation that informatics brings to health care transformation. Cloud-based systems, mobile devices and sensors and technology-powered care emphasize more holistic and coordinated approaches to care. New coordinated care models require health informatics to succeed. The initiatives of Accountable Care, Meaningful Use, population health management and Quality Measures are discussed. The mechanics underlying data and interoperability standards, data query in a federated environment and privacy, security and trust are detailed. Multiple case studies illustrate diverse existing approaches of Health Information Exchange, clinical data collection, patient empowerment and the use of Big Data in health care. Credit(s): 3 (3 plus 0)