4006-410 - The Electronic Health Record

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

Subject:

Description:

This is an in-depth study of the acquisition, storage, and use of information in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Students will learn about the types of information used in clinical care: text, structured data, images, and sounds. Other topics covered include: clinical vocabularies (existing schemes and their limitations); how clinical information is generated and utilized; methods of information storage and retrieval; departmental systems (laboratory, radiology, and hospital information systems); organizational systems (including scheduling, registration and fi nancial systems); and the legal, social and regulatory problems of EMR's including security and confi dentiality. In addition, students will work with the CACHE post-relational database management system. Programming assignments will be required. (4006-310 and 4002-360) Class 4, Credit 4

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.