Course Info

HIT 421: Introduction to Health Informatics

This course covers fundamental concepts related to the role of health informatics (HIT) in modern healthcare, including how data is generated, managed, and utilized. The course is meant to provide an introduction to a wide array of topics within health informatics, across a range of settings from hospitals to clinical research to community-based public health and beyond. We will look not only at the technical side, but also at the interaction of people, information, and systems within healthcare. Course topics will include: different kinds of health data, types of healthcare systems, various actors within healthcare (doctors, patients, payors etc.), role of data science and machine learning in healthcare, AI for health, digital health technology, public health informatics, bioinformatics, clinical research systems, ethics, and types of careers in health informatics. The goal of the course is for students to develop a broad understanding of how all these topics interconnect in the practice of modern health informatics, and to lay the foundation for students to take more advanced courses in HIT in the future.

Fall 2024-2025

Section: 701
Class number: 14572
Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: LEWIS 01508 at Loop Campus
Instructor:
Section: 710
Class number: 14697
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
Instructor:

Spring 2023-2024

Section: 901
Class number: 35695
Meeting time: Th 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: LEWIS 01517 at Loop Campus
Section: 910
Class number: 35696
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Fall 2023-2024

Section: 701
Class number: 12872
Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: LEWIS 01508 at Loop Campus
CLOSED
Section: 702
Class number: 16985
Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: LEWIS 01217 at Loop Campus
Section: 710
Class number: 13010
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
Section: 711
Class number: 16986
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Fall 2022-2023

Section: 701
Class number: 18498
Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: LEWIS 01508 at Loop Campus
CLOSED
Section: 710
Class number: 18653
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Fall 2021-2022

Section: 701
Class number: 4072
Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
Location: LEWIS 01508 at Loop Campus
Instructor: Enid Montague
Section: 710
Class number: 4253
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
Instructor: Enid Montague

Fall 2020-2021

Section: 720
Class number: 10528
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
Instructor: Enid Montague