BUS 5653 Information Management In Healthcare

Lecture: Course Introduction

Lecture: Healthcare System Overview

Outcomes

• Define key terms
• Describe the healthcare system
• Describe the types of regulatory drivers in healthcare that require information from systems
• Describe major types of technology used in health information management
• Discuss the patient record as a source of health data and information
• Discuss how technology has influenced the demand for electronic health records and a national health information infrastructure

Lecture: Health Systems, Data Concepts, Electronic Systems

Lecture: Models for Health Information Exchange

Outcomes

• Define key words
• Identify public and private sector initiatives and organizations in health information technology (HIT) and health information exchange
• Understand the role of HIT management in designing, developing, and implementing HIT and exchange policies, and processes across organizations and stakeholders
• Understand the challenges in migrating HIT systems
• Compare and contrast data, information, knowledge, and wisdom
• Describe the major uses of health data and the importance of addressing the needs of each
• Define the characteristics of quality data
• Describe electronic health records in various settings
• Explain functional requirements
• Describe obstacles and strategies to overcome the adoption of HIT
• Develop an understanding of transition management in implementing new technology

Lecture: Classification, Coding, Standards, Tracking, and Storage

Outcomes

• Define key works
• Explain the difference between a classification, a nomenclature, and a vocabulary
• Describe the value of clinical terminologies in relation to the electronic health record
• List the primary purposes of the International Classification of Disease (ICD) and Current Procedural terminology (CPT)
• Describe the purpose and applicability of the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) system
• Explain how the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) supports clinical terminologies
• Explain the value of data standards in healthcare
• Identify the primary activities and the key organizations developing and using standards
• Discuss the various numbering systems for health information
• Describe how an automated record-tracking system can be developed and implemented
• Explain how the statute of limitations pertains to record retention
• Describe why the electronic storage of data is a prerequisite to the implementation of an electronic record system
• Prepare strategies for planning and implementing solutions to information system problems

Lecture: Databases, Life Cycle, and Implementation

Outcomes

• Define key words
• Compare and contrast open source and proprietary systems
• Define and describe the overall scope of health information systems
• Explain the fundamental concepts of database models
• Explain how a wireless network communicates with the devices on the network
• Characterize the difference between two-tier and three-tier architecture
• Identify network protocols used on the Internet
• Apply interface design principles to screen and other input devices
• Describe the role of the interface engine
• Discuss the purpose and applications of telemedicine
• Explain authentication processes
• Explain various techniques used to address security
• Discuss the pros and cons of application service providers
• Understand how data collected in health systems can be used for research
• Discuss life cycle approaches
• Apply techniques and tools, including hierarchy charts, data flow diagrams, data dictionaries, and entity-relationship diagrams, to perform information system analysis and design
• Evaluate information system interfaces from satisfying and efficiency perspectives
• Describe techniques used to evaluate information systems (benefits realization, break-even analysis, payback period, and discounted payback period)
• Describe system implementation activities
• Describe procurement process for information systems
• Identify skills needed to bring an information system project to completion
• Describe principles of collaboration needed for information system implementation and ongoing management
• Recognize the critical importance of training and change management in information system implementation
• Identify measureable metrics and organizational values addressed by information systems

Lecture: Using Data for Research

Outcomes

• Compare healthcare statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, and determine most appropriate use of healthcare statistics in health information management
• Organize data generated by statistics into appropriate categories
• Understand principles for data display
• Determine tests of significance and relation to hypothesis testing
• Explain steps for designing a research study
• Understand how research relates to clinical care
• Explain how epidemiologic research is used in health information management

Lecture: Regulatory and Quality Issues

Outcomes

• Define key words
• Identify key societal and regulatory drivers for quality and safety
• Identify stakeholders and objectives for performance improvement in quality and safety
• Differentiate between structure, process, and outcomes for performance measurement
• Describe processes for risk assessment and root cause analysis
• Understand barriers to physician involvement in quality improvement
• Describe various registries, purposes, and limitations
• Describe how healthcare data is used for registry development, research, administrative, and consumer decision-making

Lecture: Legal Issues

Outcomes

• Define key words
• Distinguish between confidential and non-confidential information and its management
• Describe general legal principles governing access to confidential health information
• Describe four components of negligence
• Distinguish between properly executed consents and authorizations and incomplete or improper consents and authorizations
• Identify resources for locating information on laws, rules, regulations, and standards related to health information
• Discuss the external and internal challenges facing health information managers
• Develop methods of recruiting, selecting, retaining, and terminating health information service personnel

Lecture: Information Systems and Finance

Outcomes

• Define key words
• Define productivity, productivity standards, and a productive unit of work
• Utilize systems analysis and design process to analyze and improve a system
• Utilize project management processes to achieve an organizational goal
• Explain the role of the health information professional in the budgeting process