Healthcare Specialists, Healthcare System Users,
Healthcare Professionals
4 Days
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Intake 01
28,29 Oct 09; 4,5 Nov 09
(9.00 am – 5.00 pm)
Intake 02
11,12,18,19 Jan 10
(9.00 am – 5.00 pm)
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S$2140 (Inclusive of GST)
Government funding available: 50%of the course fee (excluding GST) for Singapore citizens, and 25% for PRs.
NUS Extension (#12-01 Park Mall)
Healthcare Systems,Technologies & Standards
Synopsis
Many types of system exist in a healthcare environment. Each system has its own technologies and interfaces, thus creating an environment where multiple disparate systems and technologies have to co-exist and interact with one another to provide for basic healthcare services. Over the years, a number of standards have been proposed and practiced. This course examines the technologies, standards and semantic and interface interoperability of healthcare systems. Topics covered include: Hospital Information System, Clinical decision support, Electronic Medical Record, Electronic Health Record, Workflow Automation, Coded terminologies and nomenclatures, Data interchange standards, SNOMED, HL7, DICOM, LOINC, ICD-9.Prerequisites
Nil.Course Outline
| 1. | HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS Explain what healthcare informatics is Discuss health information systems Explain health information storage and communication Discuss decision support technologies |
| 2. | TECHNOLOGIES Discuss electronic medical record and electronic health record systems Discuss the purpose of a patient record Explain the functional components of an electronic health record system Discuss clinical decision-support systems Discuss clinician order entry Explain integrated communication and reporting support Discuss the fundamental issues for computer-based patient record systems Discuss the challenges in electronic health record design |
| 3. | WORKFLOW AUTOMATION Explain workflow definitions Explain goals of automating office-based workflow Discuss features of electronic medical record workflow systems Discuss the challenges in clinical workflow automation |
| 4. | STANDARDS Discuss the idea of standards Discuss the need for health informatics standards Discuss standards undertaking and organizations Explain the standards development process Introduce the information standards organizations Discuss the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) |
| 5. | CODED TERMINOLOGIES AND NOMENCLATURES Discuss the motivation for controlled terminologies Discuss the specific terminologies |
| 6. | DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS Discuss the general concepts and requirements for data interchange standards Discuss the specific data interchange standards e.g. DICOM, HL7 |
| 7. | INTEROPERABILITY Explain semantic interoperability Explain interface interoperability Discuss interface interoperability standards Discuss interface engines Discuss application interoperability Discuss the role of standards in interoperability e.g. HL7, DICOM, SNOMED, ICD-9, LOINC |
| 8. | SUMMARY Summarize important points taught in course Review course objectives and how they are met |
