Health Systems Environments 2

This course builds on the concepts and features of health systems environments. An emphasis on electronic health records in a variety of practice settings will be investigated. An emphasis on legislation, professional ethics, privacy and confidentiality will be highlighted throughout the course. Health information and health systems management concepts of ethics will be developed. Contents related to risk management, program controls with an emphasis on privacy impact/threat and risk assessment will be explored. Disaster planning and readiness concepts and principles will be explored. With a focus on health systems environment, clinical decision support principles will be used for analysis and discussions. Skills will be further developed in order to share information and produce documents and reports accurately and effectively in healthcare delivery and planning.