Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics is a graduate-level, hands-on interactive exploration of real informatics tools and techniques offered by the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota's National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. We will be incorporating technology-enabled educational innovations to bring the subject matter to life. Over the 10 modules, we will create a vital online learning community and a working healthcare informatics network.
We will explore perspectives of clinicians like dentists, physical therapists, nurses, and physicians in all sorts of practice settings worldwide. Emerging technologies, telehealth, gaming, simulations, and eScience are just some of the topics that we will consider.
Throughout the course, we’ll focus on creativity, controversy, and collaboration - as we collectively imagine and create the future within the rapidly evolving healthcare informatics milieu. All healthcare professionals and IT geeks are welcome!
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1 video2 readings
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1 video•Total 7 minutes
Course Introduction and Overview•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
Welcome•10 minutes
Course Team•10 minutes
Informatics Theory
Module 2•20 minutes to complete
Module details
Week 1 begins! This week, we explore and apply theories of healthcare informatics to professional practice. By the end of this week, you will be able to: describe informatics theory, analyze informatics theory related to practice and analyze health topics of interest to healthcare.
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2 videos1 reading
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2 videos•Total 10 minutes
Informatics Theory Part 1•4 minutes
Informatics Theory Part 2•7 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
Data, Information, and Knowledge
Module 3•1 hour to complete
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This module explores and applies standardized terminologies to professional practice. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: analyze the transformation of data to information to knowledge and explore and apply standardized terminologies to professional practice.
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment
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3 videos•Total 31 minutes
Data, Information, and Knowledge•10 minutes
Introduction to the Omaha System•7 minutes
An Omaha System Journey: Diane Thorson•14 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Data, Information, Knowledge, and the Omaha System •30 minutes
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Components, Evidence-Based Practice
Module 4•1 hour to complete
Module details
This module links EHR use to evidence-based practice. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: identify the benefits and goals of an electronic health record and analyze evidence-based practice within the context of the electronic health record.
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2 videos1 reading1 assignment
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2 videos•Total 17 minutes
Electronic Health Records •10 minutes
Evidence Based Practice•7 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Electronic Health Record (EHR) , Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)•30 minutes
Quality Improvement/ Workflow Analysis/ Redesign
Module 5•1 hour to complete
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Week 5 begins! This week we examine informatics in relationship to new technologies in healthcare. Telehealth and technology are creating new ways to link people, and care, and health information. By the end of this week, you will be able to: examine applications of telehealth technologies and describe methods of engaging consumers in using health information technologies.
This module examines informatics in relationship to new technologies in healthcare. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: examine applications of telehealth technologies and describe methods of engaging consumers in using health information technologies.
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment
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3 videos•Total 33 minutes
Informatics and Telehealth •5 minutes
Telehealth •15 minutes
Consumer Health Informatics •13 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Telehealth/ Consumer Health/ Mobile Technology•30 minutes
Community/ Population Health
Module 7•1 hour to complete
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This module relates informatics to community and population health. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: relate informatics to community and population health and analyze applications of geospatial information systems and health.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment
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1 video•Total 9 minutes
Informatics and Population Health •9 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Informatics and Population Health•30 minutes
Informatics, Gaming, and Simulation
Module 8•1 hour to complete
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This module describes applications of gaming, simulation, and virtual reality tools in healthcare. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: analyze informatics and gaming in relationship to health and healthcare and describe use of simulations and informatics to improve healthcare quality.
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment
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3 videos•Total 30 minutes
Informatics, Gaming, and Simulations•4 minutes
Game Based Teaching and Computer Simulation •16 minutes
Computational Modeling and Simulation•9 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Education and Gaming•30 minutes
Informatics and Ethics
Module 9•1 hour to complete
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This module explores ethical issues related to healthcare informatics in the interprofessional context. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: explore ethical issues related to healthcare informatics in the interprofessional context and analyze security and privacy challenges related to healthcare informatics.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment
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1 video•Total 7 minutes
Informatics and Ethics •7 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Informatics and Ethics•30 minutes
Data Exchange and Interoperability
Module 10•1 hour to complete
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This module explores interprofessional aspects of healthcare data exchange and interoperability. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: describe information exchange and interoperability and analyze interprofessional aspects of information exchange and interoperability in healthcare.
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4 videos1 reading1 assignment
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4 videos•Total 37 minutes
Health Information Exchange •5 minutes
Standardization - Part 1 •10 minutes
Standardization - Part 2 •10 minutes
Standardization - Part 3 •12 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Data Exchange and Interoperability•30 minutes
Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge
Module 11•1 hour to complete
Module details
This module explores the contribution of healthcare informatics to the foundation of knowledge in healthcare. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: analyze implications of Big Data for healthcare research and synthesize insights related to interprofessional healthcare informatics.
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4 videos1 reading1 assignment
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4 videos•Total 48 minutes
Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge •7 minutes
Data Visualization Part 1•17 minutes
Data Visualization Part 2 •20 minutes
Synthesis •3 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Further Discovery•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge•30 minutes
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The University of Minnesota is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation’s most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.
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A very high level overview of what needs to be done in the next n number of years to improve the population health by x times.
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Great course but the T/F questions on the quiz were too long
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