Health Information Systems (5cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and health care context
- understands the specifics and key standards of health information and is able to analyse their meanings in different health information systems
- knows the key architectures, use of electronic patient records and personal health records and is able to analyse them in health care system
- understands the most important interoperability issues related to patient records and is able to resolve them
- knows the typical eHealth applications and is able to evaluate their benefits.

Content (course unit)

Roles of the different stakeholders. Cases: Finland and some other countries.
Introduction to Health Care Processes.
Healthcare operations management and health economics.
Health information management, an overview.
Structured and unstructured clinical data. Data quality. Medical knowledge management. Handling of personal sensitive medical data.
Clinical and departmental information systems.
Standards and regulation overview and Electronic Health Record.
Health ICT system development and delivery process.
Personal Health Informatics.
Future trends in health ICT and Health Care ICT market.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems, but is not able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• is able to name some key standards of health information systems
• understands some architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record
• knows some eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare users, but is not able to assess their benefits for them
• can weakly apply the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work
• is not able to make ideas of the future trends and technologies

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• understands the main key standards of health information systems and is able to analyze their use in different applications and solutions
• knows the key architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record in that architecture
• knows eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare stakeholders and users and is able to assess their benefits for them
• can apply all the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work and argument some of the chosen solutions
• knows and is able to make some ideas of the future trends and technologies

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• understands the key standards of health information systems and is able to analyze their use in different applications and solutions
• knows the key architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record in that architecture
• knows eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare stakeholders and users and is able to assess their benefits for them
• can apply all the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work and argument chosen solutions
• knows and is able to innovate the future trends and technologies

Location and time

Teams and Moodle

Exam schedules

no exam, evaluation based on the assignment

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation based on the assignment.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Contact learning: theory and guest expert lectures in Teams
Independent study: lectures and recordings, literature and links in Moodle
Personal learning tasks: questionnaires and other tasks related to course learning objectives and lecture themes in Moodle
Group assignment

Learning materials

Given during lectures and available in Moodle

Practical training and working life cooperation

visiting lecturers from working life

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The assignment is not submitted for evaluation and no presentation.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems, but is not able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• is able to name some key standards of health information systems
• understands some architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record
• knows some eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare users, but is not able to assess their benefits for them
• can weakly apply the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work
• is not able to make ideas of the future trends and technologies

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• understands the main key standards of health information systems and is able to analyze their use in different applications and solutions
• knows the key architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record in that architecture
• knows eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare stakeholders and users and is able to assess their benefits for them
• can apply all the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work and argument some of the chosen solutions
• knows and is able to make some ideas of the future trends and technologies

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• understands the key standards of health information systems and is able to analyze their use in different applications and solutions
• knows the key architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record in that architecture
• knows eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare stakeholders and users and is able to assess their benefits for them
• can apply all the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work and argument chosen solutions
• knows and is able to innovate the future trends and technologies