INFO 601 FOUNDATIONS IN CLINICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS
This course introduces biomedical and health informatics. It covers the fundamentals of informatics as it applies to healthcare and research, as well as the expanding role of information technology for the delivery of healthcare. The course underscores the application of these systems to the practice of medicine, in order to enhance health outcomes, improve patient care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship. The course also emphasizes the clinical informatics content, which includes fundamentals of clinical and biomedical informatics, clinical decision making and process improvement, health information systems, ethics, and management.