HLTH-850

Course Number

HLTH-850

Course Name

Health Information Systems

Course Credits

1.50-

Description

’This course provides an overview of the use of information technology in health adminstration. Topics range from public health field applications using geographic information systems and the global positioning system to in-hospital information technology applications in patient medical records, ancillary services, and reimbursement. Emerging applications (e.g., radio frequency identification tags) will be explored. (Prerequisite Health Systems I).’