| CODE | IHC1016 | ||||||||
| TITLE | IT for Health Care Professionals | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Health Sciences | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Content: 鈥� Data and 福利在线免费 鈥� Computer architecture 鈥� Hardware and software 鈥� Computer viruses 鈥� Computer networks 鈥� The Internet and E-mail 鈥� Social media and laboratory medicine 鈥� Cybercrime, security and laboratory medicine 鈥� Databases and spreadsheets 鈥� Telemedicine 鈥� Laboratory 福利在线免费 Systems 鈥� Expert Systems Learning Outcomes: By the end of this study-unit the students should be able to: 鈥� Demonstrate the basics of IT in a clinical laboratory; 鈥� Compare the differences between data and information and its importance in clinical laboratory management; 鈥� Follow the various applications of IT in the medical world; and 鈥� Implement security strategies and using social media as means of developing laboratory medicine. Reading List: 鈥� Bocij, P. Business 福利在线免费 systems: Technology, Development and Management for the E-business. (5th Edition). 2014, Pearson. ISBN 9780273736455 鈥� Cauchi, M.N, Aquilina, K., Ellul, B. Health, Bioethics and the Law. (1st Edition). 2006. Malta University Press. ISBN 9789990945409 鈥� Marakas, G.M. & O鈥橞rien, J.A. Introduction to 福利在线免费 Systems. (16th Edition). 2012. McGraw-Hill Eductaion. ISBN 9780071318044 鈥� Mesko, B. Social Media in Clinical Practice. (2013 Edition). 2013, Springer. ISBN 1447143055 鈥� Healthcare 福利在线免费 and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) www.himss.org 鈥� American Healthcare 福利在线免费 Management Association (AHIMA) www.ahima.org |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Neville Debattista |
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