DHA/723
Executive Information Systems
3 credits
Total credits
8 weeks
Course length
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Course level: Graduate
In this course, students examine clinical and administrative healthcare systems employed by executive leaders and the legislative practices that affect those systems. Specific emphasis is placed on critical systems used to facilitate decision-making, strategic planning, and financial reimbursement. Additionally, students discourse the origins, storage, and use of clinical data in the context of data warehouses, clinical repositories, electronic healthcare records, and big data. Competencies: Analyze the major components that comprise healthcare information systems. Examine the effects of regulatory environments on healthcare data collection, security, and ethics. Evaluate the opportunities Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) systems and e-health applications provide executive information systems. Evaluate how data affect strategic planning and executive decision systems. Assess the implications of smart devices and telemedicine on executive decision systems and quality healthcare delivery. Synthesize an optimum approach for the implementation and adoption of executive decision systems in a healthcare setting.