BMI 5313 - Foundations of Electronic Health Records and Clinical Information Systems

3 semester credit hours
Lecture contact hours: 2; Lab contact hours: 3
Web-based and classroom instruction
Lab Fee: $30

This course is designed to provide informatics students with an overview of the key concepts related to implementing a clinically-oriented information system. The course will examine how health data are collected, used, and the impact of electronic records on health data. The course will review vocabulary standards, standards development, languages used, and usability. The course will review the impact of electronic health records on healthcare, including legal, financial, and clinical design issues. The course will review the challenges encountered during training and the go-live processes. Students will have hands-on experience with an electronic health record in a training environment.

Upon successfully completing this course, students will:

• Identify the government's definition and criteria of a certified EHR.
• Describe the relationship between quality, patient safety, and the EHR.
• Analyze issues with EHR and clinical information system implementation.
• Evaluate an EHR product utilizing an IT model/framework.
• Utilize SAFER Guides in EHR design and implementation to prevent sentinel events.
• Apply core competencies needed to perform a technology assessment in healthcare.
• Determine user needs in relation to problem and requirement analysis.
• Evaluate clinical decision support models in healthcare.
• Create a feasibility report that identifies a clinical decision support model capable of addressing a specific clinical problem.