Subtopics: Information technology, Information systems, Informatics, Types of data, Data exchanges, External IT environment trends, IT trends in healthcare
Learning Objectives:
Undergraduates should be able to
- Define the terms and concepts of information management
- Explain the current environment for healthcare information management, information, including public policy
- Describe types and sources of data, methods of collections, and use in a healthcare setting
- Characterize information systems
- Discuss the differences between data, information, and knowledge
- Explain how information management can affect a healthcare organization’s ability to achieve its goals
Graduate students should also be able to
- Explain the major features of the information revolution
- Apply the terms and concepts of information management to healthcare organizations
- Analyze the current environment for healthcare information management, information, including public policy
- Characterize types and sources of data, methods of collection, and criteria for evaluating data
- Characterize information systems.
- Differentiate data, information, knowledge
- Explain the contribution of information management to the organization’s ability to achieve its overall goals