1. Welcome and Overview of Field
1.1 A discipline whose time has come
1.2 The discipline of biomedical informatics
1.3 Problems in health care motivating biomedical informatics
1.4 Seminal documents and reports
1.5 Resources of field - organizations, information, education |
2. Biomedical Computing
2.1 Types of Computers
2.2 Data Storage in Computers
2.3 Computer Hardware and Software
2.4 Computer Networks
2.5 Software Engineering<
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3. Electronic Health Records
3.1 Clinical Data
3.2 History and Perspective of the Health (Medical) Record
3.3 Potential Benefits of the Electronic Health Record
3.4 Definitions and Key Attributes of the EHR
3.5 EHR Examples
3.6 Nursing Informatics
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4. Clinical Decision Support; EHR Implementation
4.1 Historical Perspectives and Approaches
4.2 Medical Errors and Patient Safety
4.3 Reminders and Alerts
4.4 Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)
4.5 Implementing the EHR
4.6 Use and Outcomes of the EHR
4.7 Cost-Benefit of the EHR
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5. Standards and Interoperability; Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
5.1 Standards: Basic Concepts
5.2 Identifier and Transaction Standards
5.3 Message Exchange Standards
5.4 Terminology Standards
5.5 Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security: Basic Concepts
5.6 HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations
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6. Secondary Use of Clinical Data: Personal Health Records, Health Information Exchange, Public Health, Health Care Quality, Clinical Research
6.1 Personal Health Records
6.2 Health Information Exchange
6.3 Public Health Informatics
6.4 Health Care Quality
6.5 Clinical Research Informatics
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7. Evidence-Based Medicine and Medical Decision Making
7.1 Definitions and Application of EBM
7.2 Interventions
7.3 Diagnosis
7.4 Harm and Prognosis
7.5 Summarizing Evidence
7.6 Putting Evidence into Practice
7.7 Limitations of EBM
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8. Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries
8.1 Information Retrieval
8.2 Knowledge-based Information
8.3 Content
8.4 Indexing
8.5 Retrieval
8.6 Evaluation
8.7 Digital Libraries
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9. Imaging Informatics and Telemedicine
9.1 Imaging in Health Care
9.2 Modalities of Imaging
9.3 Digital Imaging
9.4 Telemedicine: Definitions and Barriers
9.5 Efficacy of Telemedicine
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| Explain biomedical informatics and its role in health, health care, public health, and biomedical research. |
| Compare and contrast the roles of various individuals in the health information technology workforce. |
| Identify the basic tenets of biomedical computing to enable optimal selection of hardware, software, and network connections for a given setting. |
| Identity the essential functions of the electronic health record (EHR) and the barriers to its use. |
| Distinguish the different types of clinical decision support and their limitations in clinical practice. |
| Explain the process of computerized provider order entry and challenges to its use. |
| Differentiate the difference among privacy, confidentiality, and security and their role in the HIPAA regulations. |
| The role of health information exchange and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs). |
| The personal health record (PHR), its interface with the EHR, and its value in promoting personal health. |
| Explain the importance of standards and interoperability of clinical data and the major initiatives underway to enable them. |
| Explain the basic principles of health care quality assessment, including pay for performance programs, and how the EHR enables them. |
| Identify components of health information exchange and its implementation via Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs). |
| Identify the components of the personal health record (PHR) and describe its value. |
| Demonstrate the ability to apply evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal to clinical questions. |
| Understand the basic medical knowledge resources and be able to perform searching of them. |
| Describe the management of images in clinical settings, including the use of PACS systems. |
| Classify the different types of telemedicine and their efficacy as shown in clinical studies. |
| Explain how people and organizational issues impact the use of health information technology. |
