HP-727 Soc and Org ICT in Hlthcare

Prereq: HP-717 or permission of instructor. This course focuses on the social and behavioral foundations of health care informatics by looking at the uses and consequences of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in health care delivery. It will examine the theoretical and conceptual perspectives of knowledge and information management in organizations and the diffusion of ICT innovations. Examines the relationship between technology and social behavior in the organizational context as changing processes of managing information and people, mediated through information and communication technologies in rapidly changing health care systems.

Credits

3