Topic 1: Introduction to Health Informatics and Healthcare Analytics. Consists of didactic lectures about the theoretical foundations of health informatics, database theory and management, healthcare standards, medical decision making, and healthcare analytics. Includes four hands-on workshops that relate to subjects taught in this course: HL7, SQL, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and Tableau. Also includes a research project over a six-eight week time period, production of a professional poster, and a presentation in a research poster forum judged by faculty, industry representatives, healthcare professionals, and policy makers. Restrictions: Restricted to students enrolled in the Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Professional Education Program.

Topic 2: Fundamentals of Health Information Technology. Explores healthcare policy (including privacy and security), current technologies (telemedicine, hospital information systems and computer and networking technologies) and the interoperable exchange of healthcare data. Restrictions: Restricted to students enrolled in the Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Professional Education Program.

Topic 3: Project Management, Process Redesign and Quality Improvement. Explores the basics of project management, including requests for proposals, scope, project planning, budgets and deliverables. Also discussed is an analysis of workflow processes and the impact of technology to improve these processes. Quality improvement, including tools to improve quality, is also presented. Includes several individual assignments and one team project. Restrictions: Restricted to students enrolled in the Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Professional Education Program.

Topic 4: Operational Models of Healthcare Systems. Explores the complex United States (US) health care system and explains the manner by which health care is delivered along a continuum of care. A special emphasis is placed on the operational delivery of ambulatory care and the manner in which acute care facilitates are evolving. Subjects include a comparison of the US health care system to health care delivery in other countries, population health and health care finance/insurance - including discussion on public (Medicare and Medicaid) and private (Managed Care) coverage. Descriptions of current and emerging payment mechanisms, revenue cycle management, risk management, overhead reduction and practice management are covered in detail to allow students a robust understanding of business issues associated with health care delivery. Restrictions: Restricted to students enrolled in the Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Professional Education Program.

Topic 5: Technology Competencies in Health Informatics and Health Information Hands-on laboratory, team-taught by program faculty and staff with support from industry partners. Utilization of multiple health informatics and health information technology systems, health information exchange and interoperability software, and key analytics tools. This laboratory builds upon concepts taught in Public Health 320, Topic 1 and Public Health 320, Topic 2. Restrictions: Restricted to students enrolled in the Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Professional Education Program.

Topic 6: Practicum and Professional Development in Health Informatics and Health Professional development lectures, activities, and a ten-day practicum experience off campus to experience working with industry, healthcare systems, policy makers, and other experts in the field. Restrictions: Restricted to students enrolled in the Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Professional Education Program.