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Structuring and Managing Patient Data (ISYS90078)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Kathleen Gray
Overview
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This subject develops familiarity with technical and administrative aspects of health information science – when, why and how health data can be generated, collected, stored, communicated and integrated to inform patient care, health research and health services management. It provides an overview of the knowledge and tools that are essential for managing and governing digital patient record data for primary and secondary uses.
Lectures and tutorials cover four major topics: (a) Structuring health data in the era of big data in healthcare; (b) Managing and governing electronic health and medical records for safety and quality of care, including: standards, terminologies and mapping approaches applicable to clinical data and clinical documentation; (c) Structural and semantic interoperability to support data use for connected care and population health, including: Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR); (d) Managing and governing secondary use of data, including health services administration and health research, including: approaches to data privacy and security, repositories, retrieval, quality assessment, and linkage.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject the student is expected to:
- Explain the roles of a range of information standards and protocols in ensuring the quality of patient health data
- Analyse relative merits of various ways in which different health information systems record patient data, and explain how such data can be mapped
- Demonstrate understanding of different levels of interoperability among health information systems, and explain uses of methods and tools for optimising the value of patient data through exchange between systems
- Critically interpret typical requirements for retrieval and re-use of patient data for purposes other than clinical care, and propose refinements that reflect advances in approaches to digital health data analysis
- Demonstrate integration and application of health data management principles in the design of new health information systems
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:
- Effective communication of data requirements
- Understanding of global issues relating to health
- The ability to work across different disciplines
- Excellent in-depth knowledge to support responsible leadership
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
One of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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No longer available | |||
ISYS90069 | Digital Transformation of Health |
July (Online)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A three part report, progressively written over the semester. Part 1 due in week 6; part 2 due in week 12; part 3 due in week 14, 1000 words for each part; 3000 words in total and worth 20% each (60% in total). Intended Learning Outcome (ILO) 5 is addressed in this assessment.
| From Week 6 to Week 14 | 60% |
Four written reports of individual work on assigned practical activities, 500 words per report; 2000 words in total and worth 10% each (40% in total). Due weekly in weeks 2, 5, 8, and 11. ILO's 1 to 4 are addressed in this assessment.
| From Week 2 to Week 11 | 40% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Kathleen Gray Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 1 hour per week of 1-1 tutorials; 2 hours per week of asynchronous learning using resources in Canvas LMS Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Kathleen Gray
Time commitment details
200 hours
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Additional delivery details
Teach Out Mode - No longer accepting new enrolments
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
Opportunities are provided for online interaction during class using students’ personal internet-connected devices.
Classroom teaching is complemented by a subject website in the University Learning Management System. Students unable to attend class on campus can participate each week, by going online to access lecture slides and recordings, undertake practical activities, and complete assessable work.
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
This subject has no textbook. Students have access to electronic full-text of recommended readings, including current journal articles, government documents and industry reports. Examples:
Australian Digital Health Agency. Resources for Implementers and Developers. Specifications. Clinical documents. https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/specifications/clinical-documents
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian Metadata Repository – METeOR https://www.aihw.gov.au/about-our-data/metadata-standards
HL7 FHIR Foundation. (Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). http://fhir.org/
International Organization for Standardization. Technical Committees. ISO/TC215 – Health Informatics https://www.iso.org/committee/54960.html
OpenEHR Foundation. https://openehr.org , especially Clinical Knowledge Manager https://openehr.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/healthmod/pages/426016773/State+of+the+CKM+2019
SNOMED International. (Systematized NOmenclature of MEDicine). http://snomed.org/
Victoria. Health data standards and systems. https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-services/data-reporting/health-data-standards-systems
CAREERS/INDUSTRY LINKS
This subject provides fundamental knowledge and practical skills to work in digital health. This subject is offered jointly by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and makes local and international links with accomplished researchers and with experts from public and private sector organisations.
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Digital Health Course Doctor of Philosophy - Engineering Course Ph.D.- Engineering Course Master of Philosophy - Engineering
Last updated: 31 January 2024