This course is part of the Health Informatics Specialization

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Health Informatics SpecializationJohns Hopkins University

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Health data are notable for how many types there are, how complex they are, and how serious it is to get them straight. These data are used for treatment of the patient from whom they derive, but also for other uses. Examples of such secondary use of health data include population health (e.g., who requires more attention), research (e.g., which drug is more effective in practice), quality (e.g., is the institution meeting benchmarks), and translational research (e.g., are new technologies being applied appropriately). By the end of this course, students will recognize the different types of health and healthcare data, will articulate a coherent and complete question, will interpret queries designed for secondary use of EHR data, and will interpret the results of those queries.

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Health Informatics Specialization

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While there are no prerequisites, prior experience with, or knowledge of, health, healthcare, technology, and statistics are helpful.

Approx. 10 hours to complete

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What you will learn

Articulate different forms of clinical and population level data.
Describe the data required to answer a healthcare information problem.
Distinguish between data questions and data queries when dealing with a healthcare information problem.

Skills you will gain

Data Science
Database (DBMS)
Data Analysis
Health Informatics
data querying

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Course 4 of 5 in the

Health Informatics Specialization

Beginner Level

While there are no prerequisites, prior experience with, or knowledge of, health, healthcare, technology, and statistics are helpful.

Approx. 10 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

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Hadi H. K. Kharrazi, MD, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Sam Meiselman

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise Data Warehouse

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Introduction to Databases and Data Types

In this module, we will begin by introducing and defining databases, and placing the role of databases within the context of clinical informatics. We will continue by introducing the common health data types such as demographics, diagnosis, medications, procedures, and utilization data. We will finish this module by reviewing the emerging health data such as lab orders/results, vital signs, social data, and patient-generated data.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 95 min)

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Data Sources and Data Challenges

In this module, we review the data specifications extracted from insurance claims and electronic health records. We will then discuss the common challenges in using health data, specifically issues with data quality, data interoperability, and data system architectures. Finally, we will describe the “Big Data” challenges of health data and explain some of the data problems that may hinder analytical efforts.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 88 min)

Week3

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Formulating Data Questions

With this understanding of the data available, it’s time to see how to turn questions you and your colleagues will have into queries the database can understand. Besides getting rules of thumb for doing this translation, you will also be introduced to three online tools available to test some of these skills. You will also watch an interview with Sam Meiselman, course instructor and the data manager in charge of the Johns Hopkins Enterprise Data Warehouse, who has to use these skills on a daily basis.

1 hour to complete

6 videos (Total 46 min)

Week4

Week 4

5 hours to complete

Real World Applications of Data Science in Health Informatics

To send home the recurring message on the challenges and art of translating questions into queries, you will see interviews with two professionals: One who comes from the data management side of the equation, and one who comes from the domain. They will give you perspectives that are both similar (the need to understand the problem for which the data are being retrieved) and different (the multiplicity of data available vs the richness of the domain problem).

5 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 77 min)

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TOP REVIEWS FROM THE DATA SCIENCE OF HEALTH INFORMATICS

by FISep 7, 2022

this was exhirilating and intence..its worth going for...

by HAFeb 21, 2020

Great overview of the more technical side, mostly database management, of health informatics.

by NBMay 10, 2020

This course is learning by doing. The assignment at the end is really beautiful approach to handle Database Research approaches.

by RBJun 16, 2020

It's a good course overall. However, more practical assignments can be offered to develop marketable skills.

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About the Health Informatics Specialization

This Specialization is intended for health professionals, administrators, health IT staff, vendors, startups, and patients who need or want to participate in the health IT/informatics process. Throughout the five courses of this Specialization, you will learn about the social and technical context of health informatics problems, how to successfully implement health informatics interventions, how to design a health informatics solution for decision support, and how to answer a health informatics problem through data retrieval and analysis.

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When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
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