The
course examines the impact of information technology on a wide variety of
health care fields. These include telemedicine, radiology, pharmacy, dentistry,
surgery, rehabilitative therapies, and public health.
The course includes
information technology infrastructures and software in general, the latest
information on medical informatics, informational resources, and electronic
record keeping in the Health Information Technology decade, information technology in public health. Common
software applications (i.e. word processing, spreadsheet, etc.).
The students will learn about the most current computer and medical technologies. Privacy and Security issues are also discussed. (for Nursing, Public Health and MLS students)