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Information Management in Health Systems
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:40
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VVDG_013 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Public Management | Target Audience: | Health Management; Life Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ieva Bikava | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | No specific prior knowledge is required for the course. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course will provide a comprehensive overview of the role and functioning of a health information system, and demonstrate the possibilities of health information systems to enable the generation, storage, analysis and dissemination of information in a timely and secure manner to ensure the functioning of the health ecosystem. The course will cover the key concepts of the development and implementation of information systems. methodologies, activities and approaches to be applied in the development and implementation of modern health information systems. The course will focus on the growing role of information technology in the healthcare ecosystem, demonstrating different types of health information systems. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Information management as part of health system management, types of data in health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Technological tools for obtaining, storing and analysing health data | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Information systems in healthcare organisations | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Data standards, processing of personal data in health systems and interoperability | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Digital transformation in health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Requirement elicitation techniques, design thinking approach to the development of ICT systems in health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Project management and challenges in defining and implementing the scope of the project | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • Literature review and data analysis; • Development and presentation of the individual and group work. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Active participation in interactive lectures; • Quality and timeliness of individual and group work. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course, the students will be able to: • Understand the basic theories and principles of health information management; • Describe the role of health information systems in the healthcare system; • Describe the role of health information management in quality assurance, performance improvement, resource planning and management and risk management in healthcare systems; • Understand the challenges in planning and implementing the information infrastructure; • Understand different types of information systems used in the healthcare sector; • Understand how health records are collected, stored, accessed, shared, maintained and secured in health information systems. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The students will learn how to: • Explain how health information systems are organised and managed; • Choose and apply strategies for improving the quality and outcomes of health care using health information systems; • Apply health information management techniques to specific healthcare situations and problems; • Apply electronic health records, data tools and reports in decision making; • Plan health informatics solutions to improve clinical and health care goals. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to: • Recognise the selection and organization of data in terms of supporting decisions made at different levels of the healthcare sector; • Recognise the role of information systems in the different dimensions of management in health care institution; • Link different health system challenges to health informatics. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Wager K., Lee F., et al. Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management. 5th edition, Jossey-Bass, 2022. | ||||||||
| 2 | Austrālijas digitālās veselības stratēģija: Digital Health Strategy 2019-2029. ACT Government Health. 2019 | ||||||||
| 3 | WHO vadlīnijas IT risinājumiem. WHO Guidline. Recomemendations on digital interventions for helath system strengthening. WHO, 2019 | ||||||||
| 4 | Digitālās transformācijas ceļvedis. Your digital transformation journey. A Sep-by-step-guide. Ironmountain com. 2022 | ||||||||
| 5 | Digitālās transformācijas veiksmes faktori. B. Tabrizi, Ed. Lam, V.Irvin. Digital Transformation is Not About Technology. Change Management. Harvard Business Review. 2019. | ||||||||
| 6 | A .Laumane. Nacionāla līmeņa elektroniskā veselības ieraksta sadarbspēja Latvijas veselības aprūpē. Maģistra darbs, 2021 | ||||||||
| 7 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 8 | Wager K., Lee F., et al. Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management. 5th edition, Jossey-Bass, 2022. | ||||||||
| 9 | Digital Health Strategy 2019-2029. ACT Government Health. 2019 | ||||||||
| 10 | Your digital transformation journey. A Sep-by-step-guide. Ironmountain com. 2022 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025. World Health Organization. 2021. | ||||||||
| 2 | Everybody's Business: strengthening health systems to improve health outcomes: WHO's framework for action. Geneva: WHO, 2007 | ||||||||
