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Required Text and Learning Materials

Health Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals (6th edition)

Robert E. Hoyt, Ann Yoshihashi, Nora Bailey, 2014

ISBN: 978-1-304-79110-8

Blackboard Site

A Blackboard course site is set up for this course. Each student is expected to check the site throughout the semester as Blackboard will be the primary venue for outside classroom communications between the instructors and the students. Students can access the course site at . Support for Blackboard is available at 1-866-669-6138.

Course Evaluation

As a research and learning community, the Carey Business School is committed to continuous improvement. The faculty strongly encourages students to provide complete and honest feedback for this course. Please take this activity seriously because we depend on your feedback to help us improve so you and your colleagues will benefit. Information on how to complete the evaluation will be provided towards the end of the course.

Disability Services

Johns Hopkins University and the Carey Business School are committed to making all academic programs, support services, and facilities accessible. To determine eligibility for accommodations, please contact the Carey Disability Services Office at time of admission and allow at least four weeks prior to the beginning of the first class meeting. Students should contact Rachel Pickett in the Disability Services office by phone at 410-234-9243, by fax at 443-529-1552, or email: carey.disability@jhu.edu.

Important Academic Policies and Services

• Honor Code

• Statement of Diversity and Inclusion

• Student Success Center

• Inclement Weather Policy

Students are strongly encouraged to consult the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Student Handbook and Academic Catalog and the School website for detailed information regarding the above items.

Course Description

This course provides the medical professional with an understanding of the functions, knowledge, tools, and systems comprising the field of medical informatics. The course delves into the rapidly developing scientific field that deals with the storage, retrieval, and optimal use of biomedical information, data, and knowledge for problem solving and decision making. The teaching approach uses interactive lectures about topics focused on physicians’ and administrators’ perspectives. (2 +1 credits). Notes: This course is open only to “MBA in Medical Services Management” students.

Prerequisite(s): None

Course Overview

The field of medical informatics is quickly becoming one of the most highly demanded skill sets in the healthcare industry. It is estimated that there is a nationwide shortage of roughly 50,000 professionals in this field. Professionals that possess an understanding of both clinical processes, as well as the information systems that can support and improves those processes are essential to the advancement of healthcare delivery. Topics include:

• An overview of hospital and healthcare information systems (HIS), which include electronic health records (EHR), computerized provider order entry (CPOE), health information exchange (HIE), telemedicine, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), the emergence of mobile technologies, and others.

• HIS management fundamentals, to include project management, IT governance, system selection, build vs. buy decisions.

• Basics of computer and network architectures will be introduced to serve as a foundation for further discussion of HIS.

• Standards such as HL7, DICOM, SNOMED-CT, and others protocols will also be introduced.

• HIS integration into hospital and ambulatory environments, provider adoption of HIS and the regulatory drivers that are making the adoption of these systems mandatory across the US will be discussed.

• Each lecture will include both business content and a technical overview of the subject matter being discussed.

Student Learning Objectives for This Course

All Carey graduates are expected to demonstrate competence on four Learning Goals, operationalized in eight Learning Objectives. These learning goals and objectives are supported by the courses Carey offers. For a complete list of Carey learning goals and objectives, please refer to the website .

The learning objectives for this course are:

1. Understand how proper governance and project management disciplines can help major HIS implementations succeed.

2. Understand and describe how medical data including clinical, administrative, and financial data, is used in HIS.

3. Describe technologies such as EHR, HIE, CPOE and others covered in this class apply to your professional career.

4. Describe how system architectures and data standards play an integral role in HIS deployment and adoption.

5. Be conversant with HIS professionals on key topics impacting medical informatics, including meaningful use, HITECH, and other federal and State initiatives.

6. Describe how the field of medical informatics can enhance patient privacy and safety, public health and improved outcomes.

Accreditation Statement

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Full Disclosure Policy Affecting CME Activities

As a provider approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) to require signed disclosure of the existence of financial relationships with industry from any individual in a position to control the content of a CME activity sponsored by OCME.  Members of the Planning Committee are required to disclose all relationships regardless of their relevance to the content of the activity.  Speakers are required to disclose only those relationships that are relevant to their specific presentation.  The following relationships have been reported for this activity:

No speaker has indicated that they have any financial interests or relationships with a commercial entity whose products or services are relevant to the content of their presentation(s).

No planner has indicated that they have any financial interests or relationships with a commercial entity.

Note:  Grants to investigators at the Johns Hopkins University are negotiated and administered by the institution which receives the grants, typically through the Office of Research Administration. Individual investigators who participate in the sponsored project(s) are not directly compensated by the sponsor, but may receive salary or other support from the institution to support their effort on the project(s).

Off-Label Product Discussion

No speaker has indicated that they will reference unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products.

Attendance Policy

Attendance and participation are part of your course grade. Participants are expected to attend all scheduled class sessions. If you cannot make class, you are expected to review the lecture materials and work with the instructor and other students to gain access to some of the material that you missed. Whenever possible, students are expected to provide the instructor with advance notice so that arrangements may be made in advance. Surgeries going long, (or similar medical events associated with patient care), significant weather events, etc., are all considered excusable absences under most conditions.

Assignments

All students are expected to view the Carey Business School Honor Code/Code of Conduct tutorial and submit their pledge online.  Students who fail to complete and submit the pledge will have a registrar’s hold on their account.   Please contact the student services office via email carey.students@jhu.edu if you have any questions.

Students are not allowed to use any electronic devices during in-class tests. Calculators will be provided if the instructor requires them for test taking. Students must seek permission from the instructor to leave the classroom during an in-class test. Test scripts must not be removed from the classroom during the test.

Deliverables for Credit Course

A Note About All Deliverables

With the exception of the individual class presentation, all written deliverables should be provided to the instructor via Blackboard by the conclusion of the class in which they are due. All deliverables must have sources properly cited. Students must name each document in the following format:

• LastnameFirstname_DeliverableName.doc (for example, HorstRob_ProjectCharter.doc).

Individual Project

The individual project makes up the majority of the grade for this class. It consists of two separate deliverables that total 50% of the grade. The project will focus on a real-life, or close-to-real-life scenario of your choosing in a clinical setting that presents a problem or need that can be solved or remediated using a health information technology (Health IT) solution. The Health IT solution could be an electronic health record (EHR), a health information exchange (HIE), a new mobile health application that you think up, an ePrescribing solution, etc. The goal of the individual project is to apply knowledge from class lectures and readings to address the problem or need. The student’s role in each scenario is that of a project manager. Students are NOT expected to actually build, buy, or implement the product or system, although identifying solutions that pertain to your actual line of work is encouraged. Students can use project management techniques identified during class #2 as a basis for delivering the solution to the problem or need. A separate Individual Project Guidance Document will be provided separately.

Due Week #1

reading required, No deliverable

Read Tapping Into the Unmet Potential of Health Information Technology. Article is located here: .

Due Week #2

Deliverable #1: Article Review #1 (15% of grade)

Article: Implementation of a Project Management Office (PMO) – Experiences from Year 1

Read this article and write a review based on a series of questions to be provided separately.

Review questions will be provided on Blackboard.

Article can be accessed from:

Due week #6

Deliverable #2: Mid Term Exam (25% of grade)

The Mid-term exam will be take-home and open book. The exam will consist of five written discussion questions that cover topics included in the text, lecture slides and in-class discussion.

DUE week #7, 8

Deliverable #3: Individual Project Presentation (20% of grade)

You will be taking ten minutes to summarize your project to the class. Again, you are in the role of the Project Manager. Your classmates will be representing the IS Executive Steering Committee of your organization and your goal is to gain consensus and authorization from the group to move forward with the project. Your presentation can and should reflect much of the detail in your Project Charter, but this ten minute window is your opportunity to summarize the key points and win the support of the committee. The IS Executive Steering Committee should glean all of the important details, risks, constraints, etc. from your presentation.

Your presentation should not exceed ten minutes and you will be given and additional five minutes to take questions from the class (total of 15 minutes). Each class member will rate your presentation using a brief survey that will be provided during the class. The results of the survey will make up 5% of 20% grade for this deliverable. Your presentation slides will be due on the evening of your presentation. SEE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT GUIDANCE DOCUMENT.

Due Class #8

Deliverable Item #4: Project charter (30% of grade)

As covered in class #2 and throughout the course, the Project Charter is one of the most critical documents in the project lifecycle. Your charter should clearly articulate the main purpose and scope of the project effectively convey why it is needed. The level of detail should be high enough that senior management can quickly grasp the concepts, scope, risks, dependencies, etc. while avoiding low-level project details. The project charter should be between 10 and 12 pages and include all of the following sections included in the Individual Project Guidance document found on Blackboard. SEE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT GUIDANCE DOCUMENT.

Evaluation and Grading

A discussion will be held most weeks to address a particular aspect of course.   Be prepared to speak to each week’s topic as identified in the class outline section at the end of the Syllabus.  Each lecture will last about 2.5 hours.  The vast majority of the information needed to perform these assignments will be provided during class. It is suggested that students print out all the lectures at three per page format. 

The instructor will use TurnItIn to collect and grade all assignments. Grading will be done using rubrics contained in TurnItIn.

|Deliv. # |Assignment |Weight |

| |Attendance and participation in class discussion |10% |

|1 |Article Review #1 |15% |

|2 |Mid-term Exam |25% |

|3 |Individual Project: Presentation to Class |20% |

|4 |Individual Project: Project Charter |30% |

| |Total |100% |

Important Notes about Grading Policy:

The grade of A is reserved for those who demonstrate extraordinarily excellent performance. The grade of A- is awarded only for excellent performance. The grade for good performance in this course is a B+/B. The grades of D+, D, and D- are not awarded at the graduate level.

Please refer to the Carey Business School Student Handbook for grade appeal information

Tentative Course Calendar*

*The instructors reserve the right to alter course content and/or adjust the pace to accommodate class progress. Students are responsible for keeping up with all adjustments to the course calendar.

|Week #/Date |Content |Reading |Assignments Due (2 Credit) |

|1: date |Introductions and class admin |Read Tapping the Unmet Potential of Health Information |Be prepared to discuss article |

| |Introduction to Medical Informatics |Technology; Ch. 1: Overview of Health Informatics; Ch. | |

| | |2: Healthcare Data, Information and Knowledge | |

|2: date |Project Management and IT Governance |Read Implementation of a Project Management Office |Individual project topic due |

| | |(PMO); Ch. 3: Electronic Health Records; Ch. 5: Health | |

| | |Information Exchange; Ch. 19: Electronic Prescribing | |

|3: date |EHRs and HIEs |Ch. 6: Data Standards; Ch. 7: Architectures of |Deliverable #1: Article Review #1 |

| | |Information Systems |(Implementation of a PMO) |

|4: date |Case Study Exercise |Ch. 11: Consumer Health Informatics; Ch. 12: Mobile |Mid-term exam will be distributed |

| |Data Standards and Architectures |Technology | |

|5: date |Computer and Network Basics and HIS |No reading due – work on mid-term exam |Deliverable #2: Mid-term exam due |

| |Systems | | |

| |Consumer Health and mHealth | | |

|6: date |Guest speaker on Virtual Care |Ch. 20: Telemedicine; Ch. 23: Public Health Informatics| |

|7: date |Public Health Informatics |Ch. 15: Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Practice |Deliverable #3: Individual project |

| |Final individual presentations |Guidelines; Ch. 17: Quality Improvement Strategies |presentation to class |

|8: date |Final individual presentations |None |Deliverable #3: Individual project |

| | | |presentation to class |

| | | |Deliverable #4: Project Charter due |

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Unless explicitly allowed by the instructor, course materials, class discussions, and examinations are created for and expected to be used by class participants only.  The recording and rebroadcasting of such material, by any means, is forbidden.  Violations are subject to sanctions under the Honor Code.

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