Syllabus

Medical Informatics EPI206

Date/Time Activity Topic/Content Faculty Locations
Tues 2/16/2010
8:45 AM-10:15 AM
Lecture

Introduction

What is informatics; Data vs. information vs. knowledge; Role of IT and informatics in health care reform and clinical research
I SimCB 6702
Tues 2/23/2010
8:45 AM-10:15 AM
Lecture

Using Electronic Medical Records for Clinical Research

Data models and vocabularies; costs/benefits of EHRs and their adoption; personal health records; implications for clinical research
I SimCB 6702
Tues 3/2/2010
8:45 AM-10:15 AM
Lecture

Decision Support Systems

Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs); how they work; evaluating CDSSs
I SimCB 6702
Tues 3/9/2010
8:45 AM-10:15 AM
Lecture

Information Systems for Clinical Research

AM Lecture: Clinical trial management systems; standardized variables for clinical research; security/privacy
PM Lecture: Web-based and cell-phone interventions; analytic considerations for mHealth research
I SimCB 6702
Tues 3/9/2010
3:00 PM-4:45 PM
Lecture

Mobile and Internet-based research

AM Lecture: Clinical trial management systems; standardized variables for clinical research; security/privacy
PM Lecture: Web-based and cell-phone interventions; analytic considerations for mHealth research
I SimCB 6702
Tues 3/16/2010
8:45 AM-10:15 AM
Lecture

Translational eScience

New trends: e-publishing, social computing for research, web 2.0 for science
I SimCB 6702