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Health Data, Information and Knowledge (ISYS90078)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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AIMS

This subject develops familiarity with fundamental aspects of health information science and health information management – how health data is generated, collected, stored, communicated, integrated, analysed and converted into knowledge for clinical, research and administrative purposes.

INDICATIVE CONTENT

Lectures and tutorials will cover five topics:

1. Data Sources in Health

  • Special features of biomedical and clinical data
  • Types of data (clinical, molecular, images, environmental)
  • Generation of biomedical and clinical data (clinical devices, laboratory equipment, populational surveys, sensors)
  • Data repositories (Bioinformatics databases, literature, evidence-based practice, clinical databases)

2. Information Modelling in Health

  • Modelling health information and clinical information systems
  • Accessing and retrieving information
  • Standards in healthcare (nomenclatures, terminologies, taxonomies, vocabularies and ontologies) MeSH terms, SNOMED-CT, LOINC, ICD9, ICD10, UMLS
  • Standards organizations in Australia and worldwide

3. Information Processing in Health

  • Information processing in biomedicine, healthcare and population health.
  • Main software tools and methods, with a focus on clinical research, computerised physician order entry (CPOE) in hospitals, disease surveillance

4. Information Analysis and Visualization in Health

  • Visualising information
  • Knowledge management and discovery

5. Change Management in Health IT

  • Management change and adoption
  • Regulatory framework, ethical, security and privacy issues

Intended learning outcomes

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs)


On completion of this subject the student is expected to:



  • Communicate technical understanding of specific characteristics and processes involved in managing health data, information and knowledge
  • Demonstrate an integrated understanding of how health data is generated, collected, stored, communicated, integrated, analysed and converted into knowledge for clinical, research and administrative purposes

Generic skills

On completion of this subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:

  • Understanding of global issues relating to health
  • The ability to work across different disciplines
  • Excellent in-depth knowledge to support responsible leadership

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

Either

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
ISYS90069 eHealth & Biomedical Informatics Systems
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Or

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
HLTH90006 Basics of Digital Health for Clinicians
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
 12.5

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

None

Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)

The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.

Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Assessment

Additional details

  • A three part report addressing an aspect of health data management covered in class, progressively written over approximately 12 weeks, each part of approximately 1000 words and worth 25%. Report part one is due in week 5. Report part two is due in week 8. Third, cumulative report is due in week 12, requiring approximately 98 - 105 hours of work (75%)
  • One written 2 hour open book online examination equivalent to approximately 1000 words. Due for completion online during the 2 week period following the last class, requiring approximately 33 - 36 hours of work (25%)

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Dates & times

  • Semester 2
    Principal coordinatorKathleen Gray
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours36 hours
    Total time commitment200 hours
    Teaching period29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019
    Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019
    Census date31 August 2019
    Last date to withdraw without fail27 September 2019
    Assessment period ends22 November 2019

    Semester 2 contact information

    Dr Kathleen Gray

    email: kgray@unimelb.edu.au

Time commitment details

200 hours

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Further information

  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    None

  • Subject notes

    LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS

    This subject is offered asone 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:

    Cohen, A., Adams, C., Davis, J., Yu, C., Yu, P., Meng, W., Duggan, L., McDonagh, M., & Smalheiser, N. (2010). Evidence-based medicine, the essential role of systematic reviews, and the need for automated text mining tools. Pp. 376-380. In Proceedings of IHI’10, November 11-12 2010, Arlington Virginia USA.

    Collen, M. (2012). Computer Medical Databases: The First Six Decades (1950-2010). Springer, London.

    Ferlie, E., Crilly, T., Jashapara, A., & Peckham, A. (2012). Knowledge mobilization in healthcare: A critical review of health sector and generic management literature. Social Science & Medicine 74, 1297-1304.

    Musen, M., Noy, N., Shah, N., Whetzel, P., Chute, C., Story, M.-A., Smith, B. & the NCBO team. (2012). The National Center for Biomedical Ontology. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 19, 190-195.

    Shilton, K. (2012). Participatory personal data: An emerging research challenge for the information sciences. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, [in press 34pp.]

    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. In particular, this subject addresses the core components of major national and international certification programs such as the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Certified Health Information Australasia (CHIA).

  • Related Handbook entries

    This subject contributes to the following:

    TypeName
    CourseGraduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Digital Health
    CourseDoctor of Philosophy - Engineering
    CourseMaster of Philosophy - Engineering
    CoursePh.D.- Engineering
  • 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

  • Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students

    This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.

Last updated: 3 November 2022