Course Description

Health Sciences 208a/b Introduction to Health Informatics

This course introduces students to the field of health informatics - its definition, origins and current practice. Time will be spent on fundamental theories and principles including: systems theory; communications theory; organization theory; data definition, acquisition, and validation. Students will also receive an overview of the Canadian health care system, and the role of the health infomatics professsional and the role and use of a variety of information and the World Wide Web, intranets, videoconferencing and telemedicine.

Prerequisite: Computer Science 026a/b or 031a/b; Health Sciences 203a/b; Physiology 130. the latter two may be taken with this course. Or can be taken with permission of the instructor.

2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, half course.

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