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

Required Reading:

  1. [online] Bellinger G, et al. Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom.
  2. Wyatt JC, Liu JLY. Basic concepts in medical informatics. J Epi Comm Health 2002;56:808-812. (For reference)
  3. Stead WW, Lin H, eds. Computational Technology for Effective Health Care: Immediate Steps and Strategic Directions. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2009. [Executive Summary]
  4. Bernstam EV, et al. Synergies and Distinctions Between Computational Disciplines in Biomedical Research. Acad Med. 2009; 84:964-970.

Optional Reading:

  1. Shortliffe EH, et al. Medical Informatics. Chapter 4: “Essential Concepts for Medical Computing.”

Note/Slide Files: Epi206CourseProject.doc (70 KB) Lecture_1.ppt (879 KB)

Assignment Files: MI_ProblemSet_1.doc (51 KB)

Assignment Answer Files: MI_ProblemSet_1key.doc (94 KB)

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

Required Reading:

  1. Himmelstein
  2. Jha
  3. PHR

Note/Slide Files: Lecture_2.ppt (631 KB)

Assignment Files: ProblemSet_2_MI.doc (53 KB)

Assignment Answer Files: MI_ProblemSet2key.doc (71 KB)

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

Required Reading:

  1. Berlin A, et al. A Taxonomic Description of Computer-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems. J Biomed Informatics 2006; 39:656-667.
  2. Moxey A, et al. Computerized clinical decision support for prescribing: provision does not guarantee uptake.
  3. Schedlbauer A, et al. What Evidence Supports the Use of Computerized Alerts and Prompts to Improve Clinicians’ Prescribing Behavior?

Optional Reading:

  1. Tierney, WM. Improving clinical decisions and outcomes with information: a review. Int J Med Infor 2001; 62 (1):1-9.

Note/Slide Files: Lecture_3.ppt (411 KB)

Assignment Files: MI_ProblemSet_3.doc (41 KB)

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

Required Reading:

  1. Defining Internet-Supported Therapeutic Interventions Azy Barak, Ph.D. & Britt Klein, D.Psych. (Clinical) & Judith G. Proudfoot, Ph.D.
  2. Participatory Health: Online and Mobile Tools Help Chronically Ill Manage Their Care CHCF.org

Optional Reading:

  1. Methodological Issues in Research on Web-Based Behavioral Interventions Brian G. Danaher, Ph.D. & John R. Seeley, Ph.D.
  2. Persuasion Not Required
  3. A Behavior Change Model for Internet Interventions Lee M. Ritterband, Ph.D. & Frances P. Thorndike, Ph.D. & Daniel J. Cox, Ph.D. & Boris P. Kovatchev, Ph.D. & Linda A. Gonder-Frederick, Ph.D.
  4. Bio-Socio-Technical Underpinnings of Participatory Medicine

Note/Slide Files: Lecture_4.ppt (3103 KB) Lecture_5.ppt (1492 KB)

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

Required Reading:

  1. Defining Internet-Supported Therapeutic Interventions Azy Barak, Ph.D. & Britt Klein, D.Psych. (Clinical) & Judith G. Proudfoot, Ph.D.
  2. Participatory Health: Online and Mobile Tools Help Chronically Ill Manage Their Care CHCF.org

Optional Reading:

  1. Methodological Issues in Research on Web-Based Behavioral Interventions Brian G. Danaher, Ph.D. & John R. Seeley, Ph.D.
  2. Persuasion Not Required
  3. A Behavior Change Model for Internet Interventions Lee M. Ritterband, Ph.D. & Frances P. Thorndike, Ph.D. & Daniel J. Cox, Ph.D. & Boris P. Kovatchev, Ph.D. & Linda A. Gonder-Frederick, Ph.D.
  4. Bio-Socio-Technical Underpinnings of Participatory Medicine

Note/Slide Files: Lecture_4.ppt (3103 KB) Lecture_5.ppt (1492 KB)

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

Required Reading:

  1. Health Commons: THERAPY DEVELOPMENT IN A NETWORKED WORLD
  2. No Small Change for the Health Information Economy
  3. Patient-driven Research

Optional Reading:

  1. Introductory video

Note/Slide Files: Lecture_6.ppt (5506 KB)

I SimCB 6702