Master of Science in Computer Science. Option Health Information Systems

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2 Master of Science in Computer Science Option Health Information Systems 1. The program Currently, in the Lebanese and most of Middle East s hospitals, the management of health information systems is handled by professionals coming from Computer Science and Information Systems. One of the shortcomings comes from their nonclinical background, which is usually covered, over a variant period of time, by experience. To cover this gap, the Master of Science in Computer Science, Option Health Information Systems is offered. Students joining this program might come from different backgrounds including: Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Science, Business Administration, Medicine, Biology, Chemistry and Health Sciences. By following the correct coursework, graduates of health information systems, regardless of their background, should be equally well qualified to assume their professional role. 2. Health Information Systems Career Work environments Health Informatics graduates work in a variety of environments: 1. governmental agencies 2. hospitals 3. clinics 4. health insurance companies 5. medical software firms 6. health information technology suppliers 7. consulting organizations 8. and more. Job Titles Depending on their background and concentration, Health Informatics graduates jobs and positions include: systems administrator, director of healthcare technology services, health informatics consultant, project manager, project designer, researcher, and systems analyst. Responsibilities In general, Health Informatics graduates are responsible for: 1. providing technical support for information systems and their users 1

3 2. evaluating the usability and performance of existing systems and designing new enhanced ones when needed 3. making purchasing decisions for new equipment 4. maintaining data accuracy 5. training staff members to access the systems Salary In Lebanon, there is not any source of salaries. In the United States, according to the United States Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the average salary of a Health Informatics graduate is $88,750. Job Demand In Lebanon, demand is slow as none of the schools has yet graduates in the field. In USA, Canada, and UK, Health Informatics jobs are among the most highly demanded. In UAE, Health Informatics is the 3 rd highly demanded field, mainly by governmental agencies. 3. Program Overview Computer Science Non Computer Science Bridging Courses Core Courses: 21 Credits Internship: 3 Credits Project + Elective: 6 Credits Total: 30 Credits 2

4 4. Program Learning Outcomes Acquire an understanding of the functional areas of information systems with emphasis on health IS (CSIS335, CSIS337, CSIS339, CSIS390, CSIS391) Show an understanding of the legal and social environment of health care industry (CSIS333, CSIS334, CSIS337, CSIS373, CSIS391) Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical obligations and responsibilities of information handling in health informatics (CSIS333, CSIS334, CSIS337, CSIS373, CSIS391) Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the use of computerized information systems in health care, and the ability to effectively work with these systems (CSIS335, CSIS337, CSIS339, CSIS390, CSIS391) Acquire knowledge about basic health informatics including: electronic health, medical records, Telemedicine, medical imaging, standards, patient privacy and security issues (CSIS333, CSIS335, CSIS337, CSIS339, CSIS390, CSIS391) Achieve an integration of the necessary clinical, technical and leadership skills common in the health care delivery sector (CSIS339, CSIS390, CSIS391) Demonstrate the ability to develop strategy, create policy and assist in decision making (CSIS339, BIOL303, CSIS373, CSIS390) Exhibit the ability to analyze and assess information systems and solutions (CSIS329, CSIS339, BIOL303, CSIS373, CSIS390, CSIS391) Prove an ability to manage the setup and changes of applications taking into consideration the organizational, clinical and technology structures of health care delivery system (CSIS329, CSIS339, CSIS373, CSIS390, CSIS391) 3

5 5. Curriculum Bridging Courses Depending on the student s case CSIS 245 Seminar in Computer Programming CSIS 246 Survey of Telecommunications and Computer Networks CSIS 247 Survey of Database Systems and Technologies Core Courses CSIS 333 Survey of Clinical Activities OR CSIS 339 Health Information Technology Management CSIS 334 Health Care Enterprise & Systems CSIS 335 Health Informatics CSIS 337 Health Care Information Technology BIOL 303 Quantitative Analysis and Biostatistics CSIS 373 Information Systems policies CSIS 374 Advanced Database Applications CSIS 390 Graduate Project CSIS 391 Internship CSIS??? Elective 4

6 6. Courses CSIS 333 Survey of Clinical Activities This course provides an introduction to the clinical environment throughout the health center. It is designed for students not previously involved in clinical medicine. The course features traditional health informatics task domains and covers medical terminology and basic pathophysiology. Topics include the clinical setting, eliciting information from patients, synthesizing the history and physical examination, establishing diagnosis, treatment planning, integrating evidence based medicine, and using an intelligent medical record in a complex environment. Learning outcomes Demonstrate an understanding of the clinical system practice with its tasks such as prescribing, entering clinical data, processing pathology results and referrals Demonstrate awareness of coding systems in current use for effective recordkeeping Demonstrate an understanding of the effective use of templates including the management of chronic disease and assessing risk Demonstrate an understanding of the connection between good data management and improved patient health outcomes Demonstrate an understanding of the need for information recorded in the practice clinical system to be fit for sharing with different health professionals in different organizations Demonstrate an understanding of the reporting from clinical systems for personal/practice audit and data analysis; and for comparisons with other practices that assist in the process of improving quality of care 5

7 CSIS 334 Survey of Health Care Enterprise & Systems This course covers the components of the health care system, including the governmentʹs role in health care, health industry management, cost and quality issues, managed care, reimbursement mechanisms, legal and regulatory issues, profit vs. nonprofit care, the role of technology and technology assessment. It also takes account of a number of management issues including patient access services, ambulatory care, clinical practice and organization, nursing services, managing facilities and resources, personnel and staffing, and finance. Learning Outcomes Demonstrate understanding of the purpose, basic structures, use and storage of patient health records, including paper based and electronic patient records, and patient held records Demonstrate an understanding of the differences and importance of both structured, coded records and free text Demonstrate understanding of the importance of the primary care sector in the creation and collation of electronic healthcare records Demonstrate understanding of the level of access required to different parts of the personal health record Demonstrate understanding of consent models, confidentiality and security to ensure appropriate individual and team access to patient records Understand and discuss the implications of patient held and patient accessible clinical information for inter professional clinical practice and multidisciplinary care Demonstrate understanding of the implications of the integration of patient identifiable clinical information within the HIS 6

8 CSIS 335 Health Informatics This course is a survey of fundamental concepts and activities on information technology as applied to health care. Topics include computer based medical records, knowledgebase systems, decision theory and decision support, humancomputer interfaces, systems integration, and digital library. Specific applications such as pathology, radiology, psychiatry, and intensive care are also discussed. Legal, ethical, and social issues in health care informatics in order are tackled including: privacy and security, fraud and abuse, confidentiality, antitrust law, intellectual property, disclosure, and compliance programs. Learning Outcomes Understanding the technologies and methodologies for processing data, information and knowledge in healthcare Determine the nature and extent of the information needed for healthcare Define the importance of health information systems to clinical practice Identify health information systems and explain the main categories Define and identify differences in databases and reporting systems Define security profiles and administrative functions. Define Interfaces and explain the function of an interface and the differences between integrated systems and modular systems Course Content 1. History of computer based systems in healthcare 2. Evolution and state of the art health information systems 3. ICT and the development of healthcare policy 4. Issues of systems implementation 5. Electronic patient record 6. National information infrastructures for health 7. Computers and medicines management 8. Telehealth and telecare 7

9 CSIS 337 Health Care Information Technology This course provides the details of standards and interoperability of both health care technology and nonmedical standards. Discussions include multiinstitutional issues and telemedicine, e commerce, and standards compliance. Telemedicine and MHealth systems are highlighted. Course objectives: Determine organizational needs to inform the design of a system for management of health care technology (HIT) Acquire depth and breadth of knowledge of the principles of HIT Develop skills in using HIT to improve practice Course Content 1. Foundations of HIT 2. Telehealth/telemedicine 3. Electronic health records 4. Health information exchange 5. Computerized patient order entry 6. e Prescribing 7. decision support systems 8. MHealth 9. TBD Security and privacy 10. HIPAA and HITECH legislation 11. Community health considerations 12. Ethics in health informatics 13. Health care recent developments 8

10 CSIS 339 Health Information Technology Management The course deals with management issues including: routine procedures, acquiring and assessing new medical technology, from both point of views of service provider and customer. Also covered in detail: cost analysis and justification, economic models, capital purchase, leasing strategies, the application service provider or risk sharing model, purchase agreements and contracts, writing an RFP, analyzing a RFP response, and the industry business trends. Learning Outcomes Make an assessment of the performance of a running health information system Evaluate the organization and functioning of a computer center Handle the management of IS in healthcare enterprises Review the job descriptions of different IT and IS personnel for healthcare Manage an implementation project Manage the IT acquisition procedure Course Content 1. Information and the healthcare organization 2. Organization of computing in healthcare organization 3. Computing Services 4. Computing Personnel 5. Project Management 6. Resources Acquisition 7. Maintenance 8. Information systems management 9. Enterprise Resource Planning 9

11 CSIS 373 Information Systems policies The course is intended to provide a layout of the IS policies foundation and the major areas they address. The course covers the process of starting, writing and maintaining the policies. Topics include: determination of policy needs, physical security, authentication and network, Internet, , viruses, encryption, software development, and acceptable use policies. Learning Outcomes Understand and define information policy Recognize and discuss the purposes for which information policies are developed Identify stakeholders in the development of information policy Identify examples of key information policies and understand their historical development and significance Lead a vulnerability analysis to identify the structure and characteristics of information policy Perform a risk assessment Develop an appropriate IS audit process and evaluate business processes Properly protect various information assets Understand the quality assurance process and its role in software development. Select the proper testing techniques, methods, and tools. Course Content 1. Definition of terms 2. Determining the Policy Needs 3. Policy Writing Procedure 4. Sample policies 5. Information Systems Auditing 6. Testing and quality assurance 10

12 CSIS 374 Advanced Database Applications This course handles two different aspects of advanced databases: Database distribution and data warehousing. Topics covered include transactions on a distributed OLTP systems, distribution design, fragmentation and replication, differences between data warehouses and OLTP systems, the business requirements to build a data warehouse, information analysis, OLAP and ROLAP, star schema design and its variants, dimensional modeling, metadata creation, extraction, transformation and loading of data into a data warehouse. Learning Outcomes Discuss and illustrate major types and architectures of distributed and parallel Databases. Describe different techniques used for storing data in distributed DBMS. Discuss evaluation and optimization of queries over distributed database. Describe transaction management in a distributed environment. Explain the merits of synchronous vs. asynchronous replication. Have an understanding of the foundations, the design, the maintenance, the evolution, and the use of data warehouses, by looking at these topics in a rigorous way. Have mastered the basic range of techniques for creating, controlling, and navigating dimensional business databases, by being able to use a powerful tool for dimensional modeling and analysis Course Content 1. Data Analysis & Warehousing 2. Database Systems Architecture 3. Distributed Databases Concepts 4. Advanced Transaction Processing 5. Semantic Webs 11

13 CSIS 390 Master s Project This course provides the opportunity for a Master degree student in Computer Science or Information Systems to deepen her/his knowledge in a specific computer science field. She/he will investigate on a defined problem trying to come up with solutions. Students will be introduced to new domains of work where they do an overall review of what exists and try to point out achievements and problems in an analytical way. They are asked to contribute to the field of work by providing helpful conceptual ideas and an implemented tools. Learning Outcomes Give analytical assessment of field of work Answer questions about related work and synthesize them Contribute to discussions and to solutions of similar works Present the work at a large scale as an advancement of the field Become a member of the field research community 12

14 CSIS 391 Internship The internship course is designed to enhance the learning experience through reflection and critical analysis of the work environment that involves healthcare delivery, public health, management, health or medical education, planning or research. Students are expected to earn credit for learning, not just for working. Internship should be for 8 weeks (minimum 160 hours) and when finished, the student will submit a report evaluated by both the department and the host organization. 13