Information Systems in Health

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The methodology will be primarily expository, but with an important interaction component pointing to what every student knows in his reality for the construction of knowledge.

There is still a series of seminars with the presence of entities that currently hold responsibility in the management and implementation of health information systems.

The final assessment is based on a work that aims to analyze a particular situation that has to do with the experiences of each student and a corresponding critical analysis with suggested solution.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to provide in-depth knowledge about the basic concepts associated with health information systems, to their use and optimization.

At the end the students shall be able to: identify the needs of an organization in information systems; know the steps for the implementation of information systems in an organization; relate concepts of data, information and knowledge; know the importance of the concepts of integration and interoperability of information systems; meet national policies for health information systems.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Information systems and organizations

Data, information and knowledge

Information systems and decision making

Health information Systems

The need for information integration

The importance of the interoperability of local, regional and national information systems

Quality, security and integrity of data

Governance of information systems

Health information systems for the production of indicators.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Edwards C et al. The essence of information systems, 2ª ed. Adrian Buckley, Prentice Hall, 1995.

OMS, Pan American Health Organization. Setting up healthcare services information systems: a guide for requirement analysis. Washington, DC: PAHO, 1999

PEREIRA, Domingos et al; Sistemas de Informação na Saúde - Perspectivas e Desafios em Portugal; 1ª edição Lisboa 2011; Edições Sílabo

SERRANO, António et al; Gestão de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação; 2004; FCA – Editora de Informática.