PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH INFORMATICS B
HIM5IHB
2015
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
The focus of this subject is the design, management, extraction and integration of health data. Students will gain practical skills in developing and maintaining fully relational health databases and in using national health data standards and models. Specialised products and report-writing packages applicable to the health field, specifically Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel, will be taught. Theoretical and logical principles of health database and system administration will be introduced, including data warehousing and linkage and the application of metadata for healthcare client and provider identification. The subject enables students to identify significant institutions and stakeholders in the health IT industry and introduces them to new directions in health informatics.
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Dennis Wollersheim
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: HIM4IHA
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Use national health data standards and models
- Activities:
- Access database assignment
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Manipulate health data in spreadsheets
- Activities:
- Practice working with spreadsheets in labs
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Construct, enter data, and build queries and reports in current database (i.e. Microsoft Access)
- Activities:
- Access database assignment
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Know basic database design principles
- Activities:
- Database assignment
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
05. Use state-wide, Department of Health morbidity datasets: eg Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED); Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS); Victorian Emergency Minimum Database (VEMD); and Patient Reporting System Version 2 (PRS2)
- Activities:
- Database assignment
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
06. Identify significant institutions, companies and stakeholders (and their products) in the information technology industry in health
- Activities:
- Lectures
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
Melbourne, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Dennis Wollersheim
Class requirements
Laboratory ClassWeek: 31 - 43
Three 2.0 hours laboratory class per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment - Create a database in MS Access - 1500 words equivalent | 30 | 01, 03, 04, 05, 06 | |
| Examination - 2 hours | 50 | 03, 04, 05, 06 | |
| Assignment - Complex reports from MS Access database - 1000 words equivalent | 20 | 01, 02, 04, 05, 06 |