Learners will be able to manage data collection, evaluate performance using data analytics, and propose data-driven improvements in healthcare services.

Detailed Course Outline

Session 1: Healthcare IT Systems Architecture: Core Components and Data Flow

Learning Outcomes - Learners will be able to:

• Define healthcare IT architecture and identify its core components.
• Explain how patient data flows across healthcare information systems.
• Apply architecture concepts to healthcare workflow scenarios.
• Evaluate how IT architecture influences care delivery and patient safety.

Assessment: LMS quiz evaluating knowledge of healthcare IT architecture and system interactions.

Session 2: Types of Health Information Systems

Learning Outcomes - Learners will be able to:

• Identify common healthcare information systems including EHR, HIS, LIS, RIS/PACS, and HIE.
• Explain functional differences between healthcare information systems.
• Apply system selection principles to healthcare workflow scenarios.
• Evaluate system interoperability and integration across healthcare environments.

Assessment: LMS quiz evaluating understanding of healthcare information system functions.

Session 3: Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS): Roles, Use Cases, and Safety 

Learning Outcomes - Learners will be able to:

• Define Clinical Decision Support Systems and describe their functions.
• Apply CDSS tools within clinical decision-making scenarios.
• Analyze risks including alert fatigue and algorithm bias.
• Design strategies to improve CDSS effectiveness and usability.

Assessment: LMS quiz evaluating CDSS use cases and limitations.

Session 4: Data Quality Challenges in Healthcare IT 

Learning Outcomes - Learners will be able to:

• Define key dimensions of healthcare data quality.
• Explain causes and risks of poor data quality in healthcare systems.
• Analyze root causes of data quality issues.
• Design strategies for improving healthcare data quality.

Assessment: LMS quiz evaluating understanding of data quality risks and mitigation strategies.

Session 5: Key Software Applications for Healthcare Data Management 

Learning Outcomes - Learners will be able to:

• Identify software applications used for healthcare data management.
• Explain software capabilities supporting integration and reporting.
• Apply software tools to healthcare workflow tasks.
• Evaluate software solutions supporting healthcare data management objectives.

Assessment: LMS quiz evaluating understanding of healthcare data management software.

Session 6: Databases for Patient Data: Models, Standards, Security, and Access 

Learning Outcomes - Learners will be able to:

• Define database models used to store healthcare data.
• Explain database structures and relationships used in patient data systems.
• Apply database concepts to patient data management scenarios.
• Design strategies for secure data access and protection.

Assessment: LMS quiz evaluating database concepts and healthcare data security.

Session 7: How Healthcare IT Improves Care Quality and Operational Efficiency 

Learning Outcomes - Learners will be able to:

• Explain how healthcare IT improves patient safety and quality of care.
• Analyze workflow efficiency improvements enabled by healthcare IT.
• Evaluate performance outcomes using healthcare data metrics.
• Create KPI-based strategies to support continuous improvement in healthcare operations.

Assessment: LMS quiz evaluating healthcare IT impact on care quality and operational performance.

Recommended: CMED_HDMI_101 or equivalent experience.

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Target Audience

1. Healthcare administrators and healthcare managers
2. Health Information Technology professionals
3. Clinical informatics specialists
4. Healthcare data analysts and quality improvement staff
5. Healthcare compliance and risk management professionals
6. Clinicians working with electronic health systems
7. Students entering healthcare informatics and health IT careers