2 Credits

This course will provide a broad overview of electronic health records, clinical decision support systems, standards, privacy/security and confidentiality, best evidence-based practice, data analytics, data visualization, and consumer-centric health informatics. The current landscape of health care informatics and the importance of health information technology (HIT) on quality patient care will be reviewed.

Skills essential for NPs and DNPs, such as the ability to understand and provide leadership within a health care practice, system, and/or an academic setting to use information systems/technology to support and improve patient care quality, safety, efficiency, outcomes of care, and lower costs, will be covered. This course will introduce the student to apply new knowledge, manage individual- and aggregate-level information, and assess the efficacy of patient care technology appropriate to a specialized area of practice.

The student will also be introduced to the knowledge of standards and principles for selecting and evaluating information systems and patient care technology and related ethical, regulatory, and legal issues, as well as the use of information systems/technology to evaluate programs of care, outcomes of care, and care systems.