The course examines the strategic effectiveness, operational efficiency, and patient experiences of information technology (IT) in health care organizations. This course is designed around clinical and business applications for health care and focuses on critical IT management, technology, and data issues for the health care industry. The course explores IT topics, such as health care analytics, data security, cloud computing, and IT project selection and implementation. The conceptual framework of the course is a process perspective where (1) the IT strategy is shaped by external and internal forces, is aligned with the organizational strategy, and drives the IT processes, and (2) the IT processes are enabled by the competencies and capabilities of the IT providers and users.
BUS-576: Healthcare IT
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