Health Care Informatics Certificate

Course that focuses on the identification, acquisition, analysis, interpretation and application of data. Application of decision-making strategies for advanced practice nurses will be emphasized in the areas of quality management and clinical decision support. Information management tools will be explored.​

Course that introduces the concept of classifying nursing phenomena to facilitate data management and retrieval. Topics include: minimum data sets, nursing language, classification systems and vocabularies, and relates each topic to nursing practice, administration and research.​

Course focused on a structured approach to information system development and implementation. The course addresses the five phases of the life cycle: planning, analysis, design, implementation and evaluation. The role of informatics specialists is also highlighted.​

Course with the need for knowledge discovery, distribution and management in a clinical setting is examined. Knowledge management techniques (probabilistic/statistical models, machine learning, data mining, queuing theory and computer simulation) are examined. The specification of a knowledge management comprehensive system for healthcare is developed..​

The course examines the use of digital tools to foster engagement of patients, families and consumers in their health care. This course examines the evidence and the legal, ethical, social and policy issues within the context of connected health..​

Course that examines the relationship of interface design to effective human interaction with computers. This course examines principles, theory and models to design and evaluate optimal interfaces to promote human computer interaction in health care informatics applications.​

Introductory course focusing on core concepts, skills, tools that define the informatics field, including the examination of health information technologies to promote safety, improve quality, foster consumer centered care and efficiency.​

Interdisciplinary course focused on historical, theoretical and application issues in the design and administration of a database management system. Theories and concepts of file and database structure are explored. Students apply database concepts to nursing problems and solutions.​