HIT
421:
Introduction to Health Informatics
This course covers fundamental concepts related to the role of health informatics (HIT) in modern healthcare, including how data is generated, managed, and utilized. The course is meant to provide an introduction to a wide array of topics within health informatics, across a range of settings from hospitals to clinical research to community-based public health and beyond. We will look not only at the technical side, but also at the interaction of people, information, and systems within healthcare. Course topics will include: different kinds of health data, types of healthcare systems, various actors within healthcare (doctors, patients, payors etc.), role of data science and machine learning in healthcare, AI for health, digital health technology, public health informatics, bioinformatics, clinical research systems, ethics, and types of careers in health informatics. The goal of the course is for students to develop a broad understanding of how all these topics interconnect in the practice of modern health informatics, and to lay the foundation for students to take more advanced courses in HIT in the future.
IT 403 is a prerequisite for this course.
Fall 2025-2026
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Section:
701
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Class number:
16002
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Meeting time:
M
5:45PM
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9:00PM
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Location:
N/A
at
Loop Campus
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Instructor:
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Section:
710
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Class number:
12976
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Meeting time:
-
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Location:
Online: Async
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Instructor:
Winter 2024-2025
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Section:
801
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Class number:
24931
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Meeting time:
Tu
5:45PM
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9:00PM
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Location:
Online: Sync
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Instructor:
Harmony Patel
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Fall 2024-2025
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Section:
701
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Class number:
14572
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Meeting time:
M
5:45PM
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9:00PM
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Location:
LEWIS 01517
at
Loop Campus
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Instructor:
Muhammad Nauman
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Spring 2023-2024
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Section:
901
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Class number:
35695
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Meeting time:
Th
5:45PM
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9:00PM
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Location:
LEWIS 01517
at
Loop Campus
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Instructor:
Mahdi Pedram
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Section:
910
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Class number:
35696
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Meeting time:
-
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Location:
Online: Async
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Instructor:
Mahdi Pedram
Fall 2023-2024
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Section:
701
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Class number:
12872
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Meeting time:
M
5:45PM
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9:00PM
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Location:
LEWIS 01508
at
Loop Campus
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Instructor:
Muhammad Nauman
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CLOSED
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Section:
702
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Class number:
16985
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Meeting time:
W
5:45PM
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9:00PM
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Location:
LEWIS 01217
at
Loop Campus
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Instructor:
Mahdi Pedram
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Section:
711
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Class number:
16986
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Meeting time:
-
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Location:
Online: Async
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Instructor:
Mahdi Pedram
Fall 2022-2023
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Section:
701
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Class number:
18498
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Meeting time:
M
5:45PM
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9:00PM
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Location:
LEWIS 01508
at
Loop Campus
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Instructor:
Ellis Confer
CLOSED
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Section:
710
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Class number:
18653
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Meeting time:
-
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Location:
Online: Async
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Instructor:
Ellis Confer
Fall 2021-2022
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Section:
701
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Class number:
4072
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Meeting time:
M
5:45PM
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9:00PM
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Location:
LEWIS 01508
at
Loop Campus
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Instructor:
Enid Montague
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Section:
710
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Class number:
4253
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Meeting time:
-
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Location:
Online: Async
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Instructor:
Enid Montague