INFO 604 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE
This course focuses on decision support systems that aim to improve healthcare, with an emphasis on clinical decision support (CDS). Through interactive web-based simulators, students will gain familiarity with the following: Common decision support tools used in electronic medical records, decision science and logic as used in CDS, examples of decision tools used at the individual, cohort, and population levels and sharable CDS artifacts using FHIR standards. Common governance, regulatory, legal considerations, and best practices for CDS implementation and evaluation will be discussed. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the skills to contribute towards designing, implementing, governing, and evaluating decision support systems to improve healthcare.