College of Health and Human Services. Spring Syllabus

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1 College of Health and Human Services Spring Syllabus information placement Instructor description objectives HAP 720 Health Data Integration Date/Time: Monday 4:30PM 7:00PM and online Location: Health Informatics Learning Lab (HILL). NE Module I ( ) Core (x) Concentration ( ) Elective ( ) Pre-requisite(s) ( ) (s) recommended before taking this course: Phan Giang, Ph.D. Associate Prof. Dept. of Health Administration and Policy Phone: pgiang@gmu.edu Instant Messenger: GoogleTalk phan.h.giang@gmail.com Office: 127, North East Module I Office Hours: Tue, 10:00 am 12:00pm and by appointment Students learn to manipulate large databases, create link table queries, write SQL application programs, understand sources of data conflicts, and identify methods of integrating ODBC databases with legacy data. Covers data warehousing, methods of analyzing large databases, including Bayesian belief networks and machine learning in health care context. Features semester long data integration group project. Students learn to: Understand and use XML technology for data integration Store health data in XML format Understand sources of data conflicts Write XSD schema to verify the data Identify methods of integrating ODBC databases with legacy data. Write XSL transformations to transform data from a structure to another structure Learn methods of analysis of large databases, including Bayesian belief networks and machine learning in the health care context. Understand future trends in health data in particular HL7 CDA clinical Spring HAP720 Phan Giang

2 Required textbook, software and/or materials requirements Teaching methods document architecture. Required textbook: E. R. Harold and W. S. Means. XML in a Nutshell, 2nd or later editions O'Reilly Media (ebook offer at EditpadPro o You need the features of a licensed version NOT EditPad Lite o You need a Windows based PC to run Editpad Pro to process XML o If you use Mac you need to run your PC in Windows mode Other reading materials will be distributed as the course progresses. Expectations Students are responsible for assigned readings, class content and material. You are expected to arrive to class on time, stay for the duration of the class, and contribute actively. BlackBoard: All the assignments and exams must be submitted via BB. Works submitted otherwise are not graded. (x) Lecture ( ) Group work (x) Independent research ( ) Field work ( ) Papers ( ) Guest speakers (x) Student presentations ( ) Case Studies ( ) Lab (x) Class discussion ( ) Other Evaluation Distribution of the grade Class participation 5% /Presentations 15% Mid-term exam 40% Final exam 40% Grading Scale 95+ A A B B C Mason Honor Code 70- F The complete Honor Code is as follows: To promote a stronger sense of mutual responsibility, respect, trust, and fairness among all members of the George Mason University community and with the desire for greater academic and personal achievement, we, the student members of the university community, have set forth this honor code: Student members of the George Mason University community pledge not to cheat, plagiarize, steal, or lie in matters related to academic work. Individuals with Disabilities (From the Catalog catalog.gmu.edu) The university is committed to providing equal access to employment and educational opportunities for people with disabilities. Mason recognizes that individuals with disabilities may need reasonable accommodations to have equally effective opportunities to participate in or benefit from the university educational programs, services, and activities, and have equal employment opportunities. The university will adhere to all applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as necessary to Spring HAP720 Phan Giang

3 afford equal employment opportunity and equal access to programs for qualified people with disabilities. Applicants for admission and students requesting reasonable accommodations for a disability should call the Office of Disability Services at Employees and applicants for employment should call the Office of Equity and Diversity Services at Questions regarding reasonable accommodations and discrimination on the basis of disability should be directed to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator in the Office of Equity and Diversity Services. Policy (From the Catalog catalog.gmu.edu) Web: masonlive.gmu.edu Mason uses electronic mail to provide official information to students. Examples include notices from the library, notices about academic standing, financial aid information, class materials, assignments, questions, and instructor feedback. Students are responsible for the content of university communication sent to their Mason account and are required to activate that account and check it regularly. Students are also expected to maintain an active and accurate mailing address in order to receive communications sent through the United States Postal Service. (From the Catalog catalog.gmu.edu) Schedule Week 1 Monday, January 27, Topic: An Overview of Health Data Issues 1) Kellermann A. L. and Jones S. S. What It Will Take To Achieve The As-Yet- Unfulfilled Promises Of Health Information Technology HEALTH AFFAIRS 32, NO. 1 (): Attention: This address is used for Instant Messenger only. Do not send with your assignments to this address. All communication for the class should use official GMU account pgiang@gmu.edu Week 2 February 03, Topic: Introduction to XML 1) XML Tutorial ( 2) Book XML in a Nutshell O'Reilly Media. Chapter 1: Introducing XML Week 3 Topic: XML concepts 1 Report on the Editpad Pro software installation to process XML files (problems, issues). Spring HAP720 Phan Giang

4 February 10, 1) XML Tutorial ( 2) Book XML in a Nutshell O'Reilly Media. Chapter 2: XML fundamentals Week 4 February 17, Week 5 February 24, Week 6 March 03, Week 7 March 10, Create 1 st version of an XML file to store demographic information of patients Topic: XML concepts 2 1) XML Tutorial ( 2) Book XML in a Nutshell O'Reilly Media. Chapter 4: Namespaces Chapter 9: Xpath Create 2 nd version of XML file to store patient data Topic: XSD Schema 1 1) Book XML in a Nutshell O'Reilly Media Chapter 15: XML as Data Format Chapter 16: XML schemas Write 1 st schema for XML patient data Topic: XSD Schema 2 1) Tutorial on Regular Expression ( 2) Sean Kelly, Making mistakes with XML ( Write 2 nd version of patient data Topic: XSLT transformations 1) Book XML in a Nutshell - O'Reilly Media Chapter 8: XSL transformations (XSLT) Spring HAP720 Phan Giang

5 Write XSLT to transform patient data Week 8 March 17, Week 9 March 24, Week 10 March 31, Topic: Review/Midterm exam Topic: HL7 CDA - Clinical Document Architecture - Part I 1) Liora Alschuler et al., The Mt. Washington Vision: A Response to ONCHIT s Request for Information 2) Dolin et al., HL7 Clinical Document Architecture, J Am Med Inform Assoc. (JAMIA) 2001;8: (also available at Write an essay about data driven and adoption driven approaches to health IT. Topic: HL7 CDA - Clinical Document Architecture - Part II 1) Dolin et al., HL7 CDA R2, J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13: (also available at Create CDA for a History and Physical Week 11 April 07, Week 12 April 14, Week 13 April 21, Topic: Applications of XML in healthcare: Microsoft HealthVault and MedLinePlus Web service Process MedlinePlus XML export data Topic: Import and Export from Database using XML Create MS Access database from MedlinePlus XML files Topic: Elements of Bayesian probability and Record Linkage 1) Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes' Theorem ( Spring HAP720 Phan Giang

6 Week 14 April 28, Final Exam Spring HAP720 Phan Giang