About the Course
Course Title and Number
HESY 566 Integrated Information Systems
This course provides a graduate
level managerial perspective on the effective use of data and information
technology to improve organizational performance in the healthcare settings.
Information systems and data management fundamentals will be reviewed. The
use of databases and other analytical tools to structure and analyze and present
information related to complex organizational problems will be examined.
Approaches to identifying operational and strategic information needs and
management and decision tools will be explored. Current and future
healthcare information management, decision support and knowledge management
applications will be examined in the context of challenges facing healthcare
organizations today. Legal and ethical issues will be explored as will the
use of the Internet in healthcare.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of the course students will be able to:
- Understand the evolution
of information technology and its uses in healthcare management and
delivery; and discuss current and future trends in information technology
and their application within the health care industry (e.g. National Health
Information Network).
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Evaluates effect of electronic health records on health care organizations
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Identify information
needs of an organization (in particular assess need for various
components of electronic health records). Discuss the information
systems lifecycle and the process and critical issues related to identifying
information and systems requirements and designing, developing, testing,
implementing and evaluating information systems in health care settings.
- Describe various types of information system
applications common in health care organization and integrated delivery
systems.
- Explore project management for implementation of
electronic health records. Examine issues that arise in configuration of electronic health records
using Veterans Administrations VistA system as an example. Begin to
understand the complexities of project management of health information
systems.
- Understand the use of data and enabling information
technologies in strategic management, financial management , clinical
outcomes management and public health/population management.
- Discuss the legal and ethical issues related to
health information management and the use of information technology in
healthcare management and clinical practice. Discuss the privacy,
confidentiality and security issues related to health information systems.
- Explore emerging technologies and use of technologies
in healthcare such as electronic medical records, telemedicine, electronic
commerce, use of Internet, etc.
- Understand why many large scale information system
implementations fail and how you can facilitate your organization to design
or select and then successfully implement software applications.
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Explore management of technology workers.
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Calculates return on investment for information technology projects in
health related organizations.
Recommended Textbooks
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Herzlinger, Regina E. Consumer-Driven Health Care:
Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policymakers. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2004.
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Additional recommended reading are posted under the section
titled "More" within each lecture on the web.
To benefit from this course you need to meet the following requirements:
- Familiarity with the US health care system. All examples are from the US health care system.
- Computer (speakers and microphone), and Internet access are needed. Microphones are needed to narrate your presentations.
- You must have access to and regularly (at least once a day) use an email.
Corrections to assignments are sent by email. At anytime your email is
over quota or wrong, you will lose 5% of assignment grade.
- Familiarity and access to Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word or equivalent software.
- Both clinicians and managers are encouraged to enroll. No previous background in decision analysis or statistics is assumed. No previous computing background is assumed.
- A Project Management software is required. A list of open source Project Management software is available on the Wikipedia. In addition, you can download and use Microsoft Project. In this course, all visual examples are given using Microsoft Project. The student version of the software is free for first two months. In addition, Microsoft
Project is available through the Department's computer lab.
MS Project►
List of Software►
- Students are encouraged to use virus protection software.
Exam: A final exam is given in the
scheduled time for exams. Your grade in the exam constitutes 20% of your
class grade.
Participation: Participation is key to making the experience of
everyone a pleasant one. Internet courses are not only distance learning but
also interactive learning. These courses benefit from student participation.
Class participation is graded. Class participation means
that in each section, you should either ask a question or complete the minute evaluation for the session
and rate the session.
If you ask a question, your question will be answered on the same web page
within 48 hours and the question and the answer would be available for all
students to read and benefit from.
Participation constitutes 5% of your grade in the course.
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You Tube►
Distribution of the grade |
Letter grades correspond to following numerical grades:
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Exam |
40% |
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Participation in "Get Answers" and "Minute Evaluations" |
5% |
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Weekly assignments |
40% |
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Completion of peer evaluation & tutorial paper |
15% |
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| 95+ |
A |
| 90-94 |
A - |
| 85-89 |
B + |
| 80-84 |
B |
| 70-79 |
C |
| 70- |
F |
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Weekly Assignments or Projects: Assignments are graded for both content
and presentation. A rubric for grading of each project is available
through the instructor. Maintain a copy of all your projects, even those
that have been graded. Present the
entire work you have done as a portfolio at end of the semester. Every lecture is accompanied with a small rapid analysis project intended to
test your knowledge of the topic. There are eight assignments:
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Use an electronic health record and document your use of it. This
assignment is 5% of the class grade.
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Conduct an information needs assessment. Present your work as a
narrated set of slides posted to the web. This assignment is 5% of the class
grade.
More►
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Write a tutorial paper explaining an idea related to Electronic health
records. This assignment is 10% of class grade.
More►
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Plan an EHR implementation project. Present your work as a narrated
set of slides posted to the web. This assignment is 10% of the class
grade
More►
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Evaluate business value of IT. Present your work as a narrated set of
slides posted to the web. This assignment is 5% of the class grade.
More►
- Present a summary of benefits of EHR Present your work as a
narrated set of slides posted to the web. This assignment is 5% of the
class grade.
More►
When you are completing assignments follow
these rules:
- All projects are done individually.
- Some project reports require
narrations and conversion to video file formats.
A microphone is necessary to accomplish this.
Narrate & Convert Slides► SWF►
Narrate Slides►
Download►
Instructions►
Post without conversion►
- Some projects are required to be posted to the web using public domain
web sites such as http://YouTube.com or
http://wikipedia.com.
Projects posted in public domains should not contain your name, picture or other identifying information. If you object to
posting your project to the web, you can mail your work to the instructor.
Once the project is posted to the web, email your instructor and your
colleagues the URL for the posting.
- You are required to maintain a portfolio of all of your work, including
the ones you have handed in. At end of course, you may be asked to
present the portfolio.
Please note that course syllabus may
change to accommodate speakers' schedules. Check this page regularly for
updates.
| Week |
Date |
Lecture |
Date |
Lecture |
Assignment Due on Sunday |
| 1 |
June 3rd |
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June 5th |
Introduction to
Electronic Health Records
Introduction to VistA
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- Use an electronic health record.
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- Email instructor with your contact information.
Email►
- Start on your tutorial paper
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| 2 |
June 10th |
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June 12th |
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- Plan an EHR implementation project.
More►
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| 3 |
June 17 |
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June 19th |
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- Write a tutorial paper.
More►
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| 4 |
June 24 |
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June 26th |
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- Assess information needs.
More►
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| 6 |
July 1st |
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July 3rd |
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- Present benefits of EHR
More►
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| 7 |
July 8th |
|
July 10th |
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Business value of IT
(continued)
- Invited lecture from Sameer Bade, MD, SM
Senior Clinical Product Manager Microsoft - Health Solutions
Group
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- Evaluate business value of IT.
More►
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| 8 |
July 15th |
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July 17th |
- Decision support
Syed
Tirmizi, MD,
Medical Informatician at the
Veterans Administration, will speak on impact of Clinical Decision
Support Systems
Slides►
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- Final draft of tutorial paper due
More►
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| 9 |
July 22nd |
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July 24th |
- Student presentations
- Final Exam
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- Be prepared to provide a CD containing all assignments, if the
instructor asks you to do so
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Bruce Slater MD talks about
electronic health records (online)
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Claudine D. Beron, PNP,
the National Health Information Network Prototype Project Director
at Accenture, talks about project planning.
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Suniti Ponkshe, MS, author of Medical Informatics 20/20,
talks about IBM's approach to EHR vendor evaluations
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Ken Rubin
from EDS talks about designing real world electronic health records
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Claudine D. Beron, PMP
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Jim Oakes:
Planning for the Successful
Deployment of an Electronic Medical Record
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John K.
Cuddeback, MD, PhD Chief Medical
Informatics Officer Anceta talks on benefits of adoption of
electronic health records
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Julian Safran, MD a practicing physician who
has implemented EHR in his office will discuss the cost and benefit
of EHRs.
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Syed Tirmizi, MD,
Medical Informatician at the
Veterans Administration, will speak on impact of Clinical Decision
Support Systems
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