Course Objectives: |
The purpose of medical informatics course is to educate students about information systems in the field of medicine. The course contains these topics: The data in the field of medicine, electronic medical records, standards, health and hospital information systems, telemedicine, health information sources, biomedical data mining, decision support systems. |
Course Content: |
The human body as a machine, physiological systems, measurement systems, and the latest case related to diagnostic techniques, new technologies in patient care and treatment. Computers in medicine: clinical data, information databases in healthcare, electronic patient data, tele-medicine, tele-health. Ethical issues in medical informatics. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
• Introduction and overview of Medical Informatics.
• Definiton and purpose.
• Subjects and applications of MI.
• Systematization of computer applications.
• Information and communication.
• Basic computer concepts
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Reading chapter 1.
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2) |
• Data from patients
• Different types of data
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Reading chapter 2.
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3) |
• Introduction to electronic health records.
• Types of electronic health records.
• Disadvantages of paper based records.
• Advantages and disadvantages of electronic health records.
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Reading chapter 12.
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4) |
• Coding and classification
• Codes
• Examples of classification cystems |
Reading chapter 7. |
5) |
• Primary care information systems.
• Clinical information systems.
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Reading chapter 13-14. |
6) |
• Clinical support systems.
• Nursing information systems. |
Reading chapter 13-15. |
7) |
• Introduction to hospital information systems.
• History of HIS.
• Planning, modeling and development of HIS.
• Architectures of HIS.
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Reading chapter 13-15. |
8) |
• What is telemedicine?
• History of telemedicine
• The usage of telemedicine
• Types of technology
• Programs and applications
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Reading chapter 18.
Research and work on projects. |
9) |
Midterm1 |
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10) |
• Introduction to decision support systems.
• Types of decision support systems.
• Applications.
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Reading chapter 22.
Research and work on projects. |
11) |
• Biomedical data mining |
Research and work on projects. |
12) |
Project presentations. |
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13) |
Project presentations |
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14) |
Overview |
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15) |
Final exam |
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