2904 (v.7) Health Information Systems 283

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.5

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1676 (v.9) Health Record Systems 182 or any previous version
AND
10830 (v.5) Business Information Systems 100 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Introduction to health informatics- data management, electronic communications. Health care information systems design. Health care information systems implementation. Ethical issues in health informatics. Creating a database and tables using Access. Entering and editing data. Current developments in the Western Australian health arena.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

080313 Public and Health Care Administration

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			Y
2007	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External