HIT 1020 - Working with Health IT Systems

Credit(s): 4
Lecture Hour(s): 4
Formerly HIT 120 Provides hands-on experience with a computerized HIT system/electronic health record, utilizing contemporary online systems with simulated data. The course will include additional lecture, project work and practice in the use of HIT systems. Students will play the role of practitioners using these systems and experience threats to security and gain an appreciation of the need for standards and high levels of usability. Students will also learn how errors can occur and ways to minimize them.