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19D111MI - Medical Informatics

Course specification
Course title Medical Informatics
Acronym 19D111MI
Study programme Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module Software Engineering
Type of study doctoral studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 9.0 Status elective
      Condition None
      The goal Introduction to application of computer science in medicine through an overview of its application in various areas of health care and the familiarization with the concepts, standards and relevant problems that commonly arise in practice.
      The outcome Acquiring a comprehensive overview of medical informatics with obtaining of the baseline knowledge and information necessary for deepening the expertise and practical application in individual subfields.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures Healthcare and computer science; hospital information systems, electronic medical and health records and records; standards; data security and privacy; radiology information systems and PACS; visualization in medicine; laboratory; point of care testing and remote monitoring, computer-assisted interventions, telemedicine and robotic surgery; applications in genetics; ethical challenges.
      Contents of exercises Joint design and development of theme and content of the project; referral to relevant concepts, approaches, tools and literature; monitoring and discussion of the results and possible improvements throughout the work on the project and its documentation.
      Literature
      1. Karen A. Wager Frances Wickham Lee John P. Glaser, Health Care Information Systems A Practical Approach for Health Care Management Fourth Edition, 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
      2. Medical Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems , Vol. 8, Chen, H.; Fuller, S.S.; Friedman, C.; Hersh, W. (Eds.)
      3. Aris Gkoulalas-Divanis, Grigorios Loukides Editors Medical Data Privacy Handbook, Springer
      4. ISO/HL7 10781 - Electronic Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2
      5. Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine, Edward H. Shortliffe and James J. Cimino (Eds.), 5th ed (Health Informatics Series)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      8
      Methods of teaching Lectures and direct mentoring on optional practical and theoretical projects
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 0 Test paper
      Practical lessons 20 Oral examination 40
      Projects 40
      Colloquia 0
      Seminars 0