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On completion of this module the student will have a good understanding of the key clinical IT systems that encompass a modern digital hospital and their uses. They will be critically aware of the benefits and limitations of such systems, how adoption can be optimised and measured, as well as developing a capability in proposing and acquiring such systems in the wider health environment.
Indicative Module Content:This module provides a comprehensive overview of clinical IT systems, how they form part of the overall fully electronic patient record, and an overview of how to acquire systems and measure progress. Topic to be covered include:
• Departmental Systems;
• National Clinical Systems (NIMIS, MedLIS, MN-CMS);
• EPR vs EHR vs PHR;
• “Single Vendor vs Best of Breed”;
• Integration and Interoperability of Systems;
• Opensource Solutions;
• eHealth Developments internationally;
• Clinical Adoption Models (e.g. HIMSS);
• Writing a Business Case for a System;
• Developing a Roadmap for Application Strategy;
• Benefits Realisation and System Optimisation;
• Reporting on Evaluation Studies in HI (STARE-HI guidelines)
• Clinical Decision Support Systems and integration into clinical care;
• “Alert Fatigue”
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 35 |
Small Group | 15 |
Tutorial | 5 |
Field Trip/External Visits | 5 |
Project Supervision | 10 |
Specified Learning Activities | 30 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 150 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: The student will be required to complete a Business Case for the acquisition and implementation of a selected clinical IT system. This will be presented to a group of assessors and graded. | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 100 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Individual feedback will provided alongside provisional grades within 30 working days of submission on Brightspace.
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 10 | Fri 09:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2, 6, 10, 13 | Fri 09:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2, 6, 13 | Fri 09:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 10 | Fri 15:00 - 17:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2, 6, 13 | Fri 15:00 - 17:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2, 6, 10, 13 | Sat 09:00 - 12:50 |