Health Informatics Foundations & Systems

HIMT5094

This unit aims to cover knowledge related to health informatics foundations and systems necessary for the future health professional, and will include an emphasis on how emerging health communications technologies such as mobile and social media can engage with the patient in their everyday life and support such areas as chronic condition prevention and management (including obesity, diabetes and cardio-vascular disease) and preventative health, healthy living and wellness. This will include topics to provide students of all health professions an understanding of the foundation health informatics concepts and systems so they are able to better understand and utilize e-Health in their professional field. Other areas that may be addressed include clinical use of health informatics systems, work flow, systems integration, adoption, change management, data integration and other issues related to the successful use and deployment of health information systems by health care professionals.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Postgraduate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 2, 1

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: HIMT5094

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes

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