Short Courses
One-week and Two-week courses in Principles of Global Health Informatics
One-week and Two-week courses in Principles of Global Health Informatics
- Based on the 3-Credit graduate level course BIOINF-2124 at the University of Pittsburgh
- Lectures in the morning and site visits in the afternoon
- Max. 10 trainees
- Residential (reduces late starts, allows for more learning time, increased trainee networking)
- Next offering Nov, 2019
Topics covered include the following:
Topics covered include the following:
- Introduction to Global Health Informatics
- Understanding the role of health data in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries
- Characteristics of healthcare workers in LMIC setting
- Understanding healthcare infrastructure in LMIC setting
- The role of patient identifiers
- Features and benefits of the electronic medical record (EMR)
- Engineering EMR systems for LMIC settings
- Understanding design-reality gaps
- Introduction to lean healthcare (practical exercise in understanding "pull" method for supply chain)
- Case Study in identifying gaps in process and workflow
- Lab information systems
- Financial analysis of EMR investment (return on investment)
- "Secret weapons" in global health informatics
- Developing digital "job aids"
- Fallacies in global health informatics