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IT Infrastructure for eHealth (ISYS90076) // Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Dr Kathleen Gray
email: kgray@unimelb.edu.au
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LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
This subject is offered as one 3-hour block of two 1- hour lectures plus one 1- hour tutorial per week over 12 weeks.
Subject documents and class records are handled using LMS Blackboard.
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
This subject has no textbook. Students have access to lecture audio and slides in the LMS, as well as electronic full-text of recommended readings, including current journal articles, government documents and industry reports. 2012 examples of recommended readings are:
Integrating the Health Enterprise. 2012. IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework, Volume 2x http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/upload/IHE_ITI_TF_Vol2x.pdf
Sittig DF, Hazlehurst BL, Brown J, Murphy S, Rosenman M, Tarczy-Hornoch P, Wilcox AB. 2012. A survey of informatics platforms that enable distributed comparative effectiveness research using multi-institutional heterogenous clinical data.
Mandl, K., Murphy, S., Bernstam, E., Ramoni, R., Kreda, D., Mccoy, J., Adida, B., Kohane, I. 2012. SMART Platforms: Creating the “App Store” for Health
CAREERS/INDUSTRY LINKS
This subject is important in the field of ehealth and biomedical informatics, i.e. work that concerns the acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of information in, about and for human health, and the design and management of related solutions to advance the understanding and practice of healthcare. This subject is offered jointly by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and also uses expert guest speakers from industry and government.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Philosophy - Engineering Course Doctor of Philosophy - Engineering Course Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Digital Health Course Ph.D.- Engineering Course Master of Information Systems Course Master of Information Technology Course Master of Information Systems Course Master of Information Systems Major MIS Research Specialisation Specialisation (formal) Health Major MIS Health Specialisation Major MIS Professional Specialisation - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 3 November 2022