ISEM 544 - Social, Technical and Organizational Issues in Digital Health

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Description: This course covers a wide range of socio-technical issues in healthcare information technologies. The focus is on the healthcare workplace as a dynamic system in which people, processes and technologies interact and influence each other. The course focuses on the people, processes and technologies related to important areas such as security and privacy, public policies and regulations, medical decision support systems and knowledge management in healthcare, electronic health records (HER), telemedicine systems, wireless sensor networks in healthcare, and others. Case studies and examples are used highlight practical aspects of socio-technical interactions.