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Health Care Informatics –
hcs482
(3 credits)
This course is designed to examine computer and electronic modalities that assist patient and client management. The automation of data management through information systems, expert systems, and telecommunications will be examined in the context of health care informatics. The use of technology to help make decisions and to improve the health status of the individual, family, and community will be emphasized.
This undergraduate-level course is 5
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Introduction to Informatics
- Discuss the relationship between hardware and software.
- Examine systems and informatics theories.
- Describe the importance of telecommunications in health care.
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Information Systems and Data Management
- Describe the relationship between standardized nursing languages and health information systems.
- Examine Data Information Knowledge (DIK) Model.
- Describe the purposes of a database.
- Discuss different types of information systems.
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Expert Systems
- Differentiate the nature of expert systems from information systems.
- Examine the role of expert systems in nursing care and medicine.
- Examine the use of decision aids and decision-support systems.
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Impact of Technology on Decision-Making
- Determine uses of technology for patient and client management.
- Analyze the impact of technology on health care and health status.
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Trends and Issues in Informatics
- Specify ethical and legal issues associated with technology in health care.
- Discuss issues related to e-health.
- Describe the benefits of informatics on education.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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