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Elements Health
Information
Science
Fall 1998
Charles Webster, MD, MSIS,
MSIS
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September 1998
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September 1998 _________
1 Introduction to Health Care
Software Development
Lab:Your First Program! (Zak 1)
Web-based Course Resources
8 Designing Health Care
Application Interfaces I
Lab: Creating an Order Entry
Screen (Zak 2)
15 Designing Health Care
Application Interfaces II
Lab: Creating an Order Entry
Screen (continued)
22 Electronic Medical Record
Data Types I
Lab: Using Variables and
Constants (Zak
3)
29 Electronic Medical Record
Data Types II
Lab: Using Variables and
Constants (continued) |
October 1998
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October 1998 _________
6 Getting Computers to Make
Medical Decisions I
Lab: The Selection Structure
(Zak 4)
13 Getting Computers to Make
Medical Decisions II
Lab: The Selection Structure
(continued)
20 Examination
27 Getting Computers to Do
Boringly Repetitive Things I
Lab: The Repetition Structure
(Zak 5) |
November 1998
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November 1998 __________
3 Getting Computers to Do
Boringly Repetitive Things II
Lab: The Repetition Structure
(continued)
10 File Manipulation: Creating a
Simple Database Application
Lab: The PAO Application (Zak 6)
17 Menu Construction: Creating a
Simple Word Processor
Lab: The PAO Application
(continued)
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December 1998 _________
1 Work on Projects
15 Final Examination
Projects Due |
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY
JOHN G. RANGOS SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Element of Health Information Science
HLTMS 310/510
Fall 1998
Lecture: Tuesday 5:00-5:50
Lab: Tuesday 6:00-8:40
Fisher 435
Charles Webster, M.D., M.S.I.E., M.S.I.S.
396-4767
webster@duq3.cc.duq.edu
Office Hours By Appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides an introduction to computer programming for individuals
who will need to work with health care software developers. Alternating
between learning new programming concepts and techniques, and application
of those concepts and techniques to health care examples, students will
learn to create simple medical software, such as dialogue screens for medical
information systems, disease management applications, and automated patient
surveys.
The class will use a combination of lecture-discussion and a hands-on
computer laboratory, where students will work through exercises that introduce
them to a popular visual development environment (Visual Basic 5.0), and
then create simple examples of medical software. Students will undertake
a health care relevant programming project.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Acquaint the student with current trends in health care software
development.
2. Introduce basic programming concepts and user interface concepts.
3. Learn to use a popular software development tool.
4. Gain hands on experience developing prototype health care software.
REQUIRED READINGS
1. Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 for Windows, Diane Zak,
Course Technology, Cambridge, Boston, 1997. (Hereafter referred to as Zak)
2. Readings as assigned by the professor.
OTHER REQUIRED MATERIALS
Box of 10 double-sided, high-density 1.4 Megabyte floppy diskettes.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Examination 1 (37.5%)
2. Programming Project (20%)
3. Final Exam (37.5%)
4. Class participation (5%)