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NUR 41000 - Healthcare Informatics

(3) This course emphasizes the use of information technologies and management systems to support decision making in nursing practice, administration, research, and education. Technologies discussed include: general functions, evolution and adoption of health information systems; information resources, databases, HIPAA and information security. Students will consider the functions of health information systems, including the support the delivery of services and the collection, storage, and retrieval of information. Ethical and legal issues of healthcare technologies will be examined from a cultural safety lens, and their impact on patients and healthcare delivery. Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license. End-of-program outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5.


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