HPM 512 [Summer 2] Medical Informatics*
This course will address the use of data from clinical information systems in performing clinical effectiveness research, including the strengths and limitations of these data. Major topics will include an overview of medical informatics; discussion of the nature of computer-based data including medical vocabularies and obtaining information from clinical systems; and clinical systems with a focus on clinical decision support and how to evaluate their impact. Special topics will also be covered including large databases, the Web, confidentiality-related issues, information retrieval and patient computing. Students will have to write a paper about a proposed analysis using data from a clinical information system. Course note: Ordinal grading only.
Instructors: Dr. David Bates, Dr. Blackford Middleton, Dr. Jonathan Einbinder
1:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. (Mon.- Fri.)
Lectures, class discussion, seminars. 2.5 credits