MHA 531 Health Care Information Systems

This course presents the fundamentals of acquiring, processing, disseminating, and applying health care information to support routine operations, problem solving, decision making, and strategic analysis to achieve a competitive advantage. The management of information technology, special characteristics of patient information and the importance of integrating clinical, operational and financial systems will be considered. The course will address current health care information technology trends and issues. Additionally, ethical and legal considerations of handling patient data will be examined. Pre-requisite(s): MHA 500. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

Credits

3