HP-815 Decision Science

Prerequisites: None. This course presents Decision Science, a cornerstone of Applied Healthcare Informatics, from clinical, information technology, and management perspectives. The elements of decision science to be emphasized include clinical decision analysis with biostatistics, methods for analyzing complex patient-management problems, applying data from the literature to estimate the likelihood of outcomes, quantifying the value of health outcomes, calculating the strength of strategy preference, the role of information systems in supporting administrative and clinical decision making, and developing systems that support healthcare providers and administrators in clinical/administrative decision-making.

Credits

3