School of Health Related Professions
The course focuses on the general systems theory applied to health care systems and information technology. Computer-based information system operation and management functions in the context of various professional settings, impact of information technology on health care management are reviewed and discussed. Demonstrations of current health information systems, emphasizing design, system components, data structures and database management are conducted. The costs and potential benefits of current applications; the justification, specification and evaluation of computer systems, and the capacity for future modification and development. Students practice on existing systems in various health care settings.
The course provides a study of designing, developing, and implementing algorithms for the analysis of biomedical data and knowledge and the management of biomedical information. Students are introduced to problem solving and programming methodology in biomedical informatics as well as implementation of the various theoretical concepts and principles. All students are expected to complete small hands-on projects in a specific area of biomedical informatics.
Current uses of computer as a tool for scientific enquiry are stressed. Students explore techniques for searching the computer-based databases containing research literature. Ways of formulating problems and hypotheses for statistical analysis of clinical, health services, laboratory and biomedical data. Issues in the design, organization and operation of randomized controlled clinical trials and intervention studies, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. Students use SAS programming techniques for management and analysis of health science data. Laboratory instruction in use and application of software packages for micro and mainframe computers.
This course introduces the use of differential equations and relevant mathematical concepts to describe health care and physiological systems. The course focuses on the methods and resources of computer simulation and modeling which are suitable for analyzing medical and health care problems under a broad categories of conditions for constructing solutions to optimize decisions concerned with important variables both in health care organizations (such as efficacy of information transfer, productivity &\ resource utilization), and in physiological systems in such areas as drug dosage, pulmonary transport, cardiac output, kidney function, etc.).
This course focuses primarily on providing students with practical skills that will allow them to design, implement, and evaluate techniques for use in biomedical data analysis. It will be the basic course for further studies on clinical data management. It provides the student with an understanding of the role of data analytical principles and techniques within the biomedical environment.
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