May 15, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NU 6370 - Nursing Informatics & Technology Management

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Students will apply and analyze core business, IT, and other technology concepts to improve patient care and patient outcomes. Ethical responsibility, advanced negotiation, and communication strategies, in the context of cross functional job roles, will be emphasized. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of quality improvement processes to ensure safe, effective, efficient, and equitable patient centered care
  • Apply key technical concepts to vendor relationships in order to serve as a leader and advocate for best practices and advancement of care

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
May include:

  • Multidisciplinary systems
  • Patients, families, and communities
  • Quality frameworks and improvement; overview of PDSA, Lean, Six Sigma
  • Quality outcomes
  • IT processes, vendor management
  • Regulations and standards and meaningful use
  • Data standardization and policies
  • Security and ethics
  • Data reporting
  • Data integrity
  • Decision support
  • Data monitoring and continuous improvement
  • Emerging technologies

Coordinator
Debra Jenks



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