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3.00 Credits
An overview of the field of public health informatics, integrating themes from information sciences, public health, computer science and medical science. Topics include: utilization of health information services, organization and management of online current and emerging public health technology collections, automation of information technology, and public health professional knowledge as a component of evidence-based practice 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Asynchronous Instruction Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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Healthcare information standards are addressed with emphasis on current healthcare regulations and standards. The effective use of networks to share health care data is explored; emphasis is placed on developing the expertise to apply standards effectively in a health care facility to achieve full integration of organizational health information systems. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Independent Study, Asynchronous Instruction Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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This course teaches the skills necessary for identifying and using appropriate clinical classifications systems and medical vocabularies within health information systems. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Independent Study, Asynchronous Instruction Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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This course focuses on the acquisition and use of patient level data to support population, administrative and clinical decision-making in health care organizations. Course emphasis is in data mining and knowledge discovery techniques including the advanced treatment of statisticalanalysis and methods of communicating the outcomes of health interventions. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the aspects of strategic planning, analysis, design, evaluation, and implementation of effective healthcare information systems. It teaches the principles, techniques, and tools for successful project management. Emphasis is placed on the skills required to lead technical and professional team members through work process design activities within a health care organization. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Asynchronous Instruction Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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An overview of theories and principles of social and behavior determinants of health, the social-ecological approach to public health, an overview of health promotion and disease prevention models of success, and the challenges of Healthy People 2010 objectives and health promotion informatics. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Independent Study, Asynchronous Instruction Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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3.00 Credits
Major environmental health problems, including water quality, wastewater, and occupational health, trace elements in the environment, municipal, hazardous, and medical waste, food protection, vector control, and air quality are discussed. Introduction to the concept of environmental health informatics 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Asynchronous Instruction Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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2.00 Credits
All MPH degree candidates in the informatics MPH programs are required to complete a minimum of 2 credit hours (on average 20 hours per week for 10 weeks) in a summer internship experience. The summer internship is a field experience which integrates professional academic preparation and public health practice. Public health and health informatics knowledge and skills taught in the core and discipline-specific courses are used in an organizational setting under the supervision and guidance of an experienced preceptor. A faculty internship advisor will assist the student in locating a position. At the completion of the internship, the student will provide a final report to document the practicum. Under certain circumstances, the internship requirement may be waived for some students. 2.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Asynchronous Instruction, Internship/Practicum Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an overview of automated decision systems used in clinical care, health administration and public health. The intensive format of the course allows for topic discussion, on-site observation of clinical, managerial, and population-based decision support systems. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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3.00 Credits
The goal of the course is to facilitate the student's transition from graduate school to life as a public health professional. The course takes two concurrent pedagogical methods to accomplish this goal: 1) Seminar lectures and exercises designed to aid the integration of public health practice principles to enhance job performance and future careers, and to introduce some concepts by which students can expect to be managed and can use to manage others, and 2) the "Capstone Project" which provides an opportunity to integrate both technical and professional knowledge into comprehensive web-enabled oral and written reports on a student's selected public health topic. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Asynchronous Instruction Graduate Studies College Health Informatics Department
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