BUSI 51303 — Healthcare Quality Management and Information Systems
This course serves the dual purpose of familiarizing the student with major issues and trends in healthcare information technology, while also exploring contemporary issues in quality management and process improvement. Particular emphasis will be placed on the nexus between emerging clinical technologies such as the electronic medical record and other clinical databases, and the opportunities these advances present for clinical quality evaluation, procedural improvements in a variety of care settings, advances in community health, and improvements in day-to-day operations as well as strategic management. Also considered will be understanding of big data analytical technologies to improve timely care delivery. This course will also provide a review of clinical prediction models and how they are applied for knowledge modeling in clinical decision support systems. Prerequisite: Graduate School of Business consent. (Typically offered: Spring)