BUS 311 - Healthcare Information Systems: Technologies and New Ventures

Credits: 4

Prerequisite: INTR 201 and at least junior class standing. This course begins the journey towards the electronic sharing of healthcare information and both the successes and pitfalls along the way. Students explore and understand quality of care, patient safety, and cost reduction methods from the perspective of business, technology, and medicine. This course introduces the business and technology needs of our healthcare systems. Students be introduced to regulatory requirements and healthcare organizational behavior, IT operations and processes, quality and assurance of data and information, and the frontiers of electronic health records. Students also learn the basics of hardware, software, and network technology. Laboratory fee Pratt. Planned Offering: Spring 2014