2009 Spring Quarter Courses

Scheduled CBMI related courses for Spring Quarter 2009 include:

• Informatics 171 : Introduction to Medical Informatics
  
  

  This class will overview the wide field of medical informatics, including clinical informatics, nursing informatics, and public health informatics. This course will be directed towards healthcare, public policy, management and computing and engineering students who want an introduction to the rapidly evolving field of Medical Informatics and its integral role in healthcare. The topics that will be covered, thus, are relevant to people from a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of interests.

  Some of the topics that will be covered include:

  • Overview of Medical Informatic
  • Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
  • Interoperability
  • Online Medical Resources, Search Engines, and Patient Medical Libraries
  • Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Technologies for Healthcare
  • Evidence Based Medicine and Evidence Based Care
  • Disease Management and Disease Registries
  • Patient Safety and Computational Design Ethics
  • Electronic Prescribing
  • Telemedicine and Home and School Healthcare
  • Public Health Informatics
  • Medical Ethics
  • Legal Issues in Healthcare and Technology
  • Emerging Trends and Research
  
  Schedule: TBA
  Location: TBA
  Instuctor: Yunan Chen
  Syllabus