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MG 7979 - Quality Principles for Software Implementation

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Since the sentinel Institute of Medicine (IOM) study, To Err is Human, the health care industry has focused on patient safety and quality issues. In the subsequent report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, IOM recommended use of information technologies to improve access to clinical information and support for clinical decision making. In implementing information systems within health care organizations, informatics professionals face resistance to change. This resistance is, in part, the result of historical information system implementations that have not met the expectations of health care professionals. Students in this course will learn key software quality principles to improve the implementation of information technologies to better meet the requirements and needs of health care professionals. Topics to be covered include requirements gathering and management, verification and validation practices, and version/configuration management. (prereq: MI 787 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Students in this course will build on knowledge gained in Health Care Systems Analysis and Design to apply key software quality principles to the implementation of information technologies in the healthcare industry
  • Identify strategies and tools for gathering requirements from system users and maintaining these requirements throughout the implementation process
  • Write requirements that are specific and verifiable
  • Identify types of verification and validation that apply to information systems
  • Design test strategies and plans that appropriately verify the function of information systems
  • Identify the importance of change control and management for information systems
  • Define version and configuration management and understand the importance of managing the configuration and version of information systems and databses
Prerequisites by Topic
  • None 
Course Topics
  • No course topics appended
Coordinator
Katie McCarthy


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