1.5

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Average Course Rating

This course introduces students to the field of Applied Clinical Informatics, which is focused on improving patient care through enhanced use of clinical information systems. Students will be exposed to a wide range of cliniclal workflows and how health information technology and systems support them. Topics in the course included: Bar Coding, Clinical Decision Support, Computerized Provider Order Entry, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Prescribing, Health Information Exchange, Master Patient Index, and Telehealth/Telemedicine. Each of these will be examined within the appropriate context of clinical care transitions, patient saftey and care quality, inpatient/ambulatory care settings, information security and deployment of HIT.