INFS 3010 Healthcare Data Environments

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Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 300955

Coordinator Heidi Bjering Opens in new window

Description This unit extends the student's knowledge of Health Informatics by introducing concepts relating to electronic communications within the health industry. It exposes students to a variety of environments used to create, store, transfer and deliver healthcare data. Areas include minimum data sets, data linkage, messaging concepts/standards, terminologies, healthcare evaluation, electronic health records and related standards, security, privacy and trust, medico legal, epidemiology and population health together with TeleHealth/ TeleMedicine approaches, methodologies, tools and techniques.

School Computer, Data & Math Sciences

Discipline Information Systems

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject

Pre-requisite(s) INFS 2004

Equivalent Subjects INFS 3019 - e-Health

Assessment

The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.

Item Length Percent Threshold Individual/Group Task
Portfolio Four entries: 800 - 1,000 words per entry 40 N Individual
Quiz Three quizzes: 40 minutes each 30 N Individual
Report 2,000 words 30 N Individual

Teaching Periods