TBMI12 Medical Information Systems, ECTS-points
/MEDICINSKA INFORMATIONSSYSTEM/

Advancement level:
C

Aim:
The aim of this course is to present the use of information technology for efficient information handling within the health care organisation with special emphasis on computer-based patient record systems, and infrastructure for data communication between different levels of health care. Other important aspects dealt with are security and privacy issues. A main goal of the course is to develop the ability to critically judge requirements and demands on medical information systems.

Prerequisites:
TBME02 Anatomy and Physiology or BME50 Biomedical Engineering

Course content:
Information retrieval, medical information sources, literature databases, search systems Medical data and structured medical terminology Computer-based patient records (CPR), laboratory information systems, wars information systems Medical terminology services, nomenclatures and classifications Infrastructure for medical data communication Security and privacy issues Laboratory experiment: information retrieval, database access, computer-based patient records

TEN1Written examination
LAB1Labratory work
Course language is Swedish.