Component 7: Working with Health IT Systems
Component Description:
This is a laboratory component. Students will work with simulated systems or real systems with simulated data. As they play the role of practitioners using these systems, they will learn what is happening “under the hood.” They will experience threats to security and appreciate the need for standards, high levels of usability, and how errors can occur. Materials must support hands-on experience in computer labs and on-site in health organizations.
Objectives:
- Define a system and relate systems concepts to HIT.
- Discuss specific examples of settings where Health IT is used (acute, rural, public health, clinic, office, patient home, etc.).
- Identify common components of a clinical HIT system.
- Demonstrate beginning level competency in maneuvering the demonstration Electronic Health Record System (EHRS).
Component 7; Unit 1: Introduction & Overview: Components of HIT Systems
Description:
This unit is an introductory unit where the core definitions and concepts of systems in general and healthcare specifically are presented. Using hands-on exploratory lab exercises, students will be introduced to an example HIT system where they will learn basic navigation and gain familiarity with components common to many clinical HIT systems. Specific examples of HIT systems from a variety of settings will be discussed.
Component 7; Unit 1 unified slides comp7_unit1_lecture_slides
Introduction & Overview to Components of HIT Systems (19:19): 1) Understanding Systems – Conceptualizing HIT Use; 2) HIT Systems; 3) Big Picture of HIT Systems; 4) Common Aspects of Clinical HIT Systems
Component 7; Unit 1; Lecture 1a
Component 7; Unit 1; Lecture 1b
Component 7; Unit 1; Lecture 1c
Component 7; Unit 1; Lecture 1d
Component 7; Unit 1; Lecture 1e
Component 7; Unit 1; Lecture 1f