DAT254 Helseinformatikk

Knowledge

On successful completion of this course, the student

• has knowledge about the recurrent themes in Health Informatics including their history, development and challenges over the years
• has knowledge about the main areas of Health Informatics Applications
• has knowledge about the challenges and future of informatics in health care

Skills

On successful completion of this course, the student should be capable of

• identifying relevant research and challenges within Health Informatics and it's related research fields
• explaining the need for and challenges of Health Informatics being a interdisciplinary field of both applications and research
• explaining important general key factors required to ensure success for various types of HI applications
• explaining general principles and challenges of data security, patient safety and ethics related to ICT-based (eHealth) applications and services within health care research
• applying currently accepted interoperability standards (e.g. HL7 FHIR) to clinical care examples

General competence

On successful completion of this course, the student has

• gained knowledge and experience necessary to extract and present knowledge from HI research projects and HI research literature as scientific survey papers and survey presentations
• the ability to evaluate different ICT-based services within health care with respect to various success factors
• the ability to participate in the design of ICT-based services for health care that are built on current research status, current standards and other principles required for good ICT applications within health care.

The course has an examination in two parts: a 45 minutes oral exam and a project report.

The project report counts for 30% of the final grade and the oral exam counts for 70% of the final grade.

Both parts must get a passing grade in order to get a final grade for the course.

In case one of the parts gets a failing grade, that part can be taken as a re-sitting/postponed exam.

Grading scale is A-F where F is fail.

Taking the oral exam requires that a number of mandatory assignments (a programming project, written reports, oral presentations) and the larger project (term paper) have been approved.

Approved assignments are valid for the examination term and the two following terms.