HLTH402-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Health Information Management

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2011

Description

This course examines how Information Technology meets the information needs of health provider organisations, practitioners, and consumers and how IT can play a significant and positive role in the provision of healthcare services.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of the course, you will be expected to:
  • Demonstrate and distinguish between the contributions of information, information management and technology within the New Zealand health system
  • Describe the major themes for the health information strategy for New Zealand
  • Explore the difference between health data, information and knowledge
  • Apply, describe and appreciate health classification schema/clinical coding systems
  • Describe the scope and purpose of paper-based and electronic health records
  • Describe the methodologies that can be used to design and develop health information and clinical decision support systems and
  • Describe health information with respect to: standards, privacy, confidentiality, security and legal issues

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Director, Health Sciences Centre

Timetable Note

In addition to classes on Thursdays there will also be some sessions on Wednesdays in the same 4-7 p.m. time slot.  Details of which sessions will be booked will be available closer to the start of the second semester.

Course Coordinator

Raymond Kirk

Academic Liaison
Assoc Professor Ray Kirk, Waimairi 204, 3643108, ray.kirk@canterbury.ac.nz is in charge of liaison with students in health sciences courses. Your class will appoint a student representative to the liaison committee at the start of the semester. Please feel free to talk to the Academic Liaison or the student rep about any problems or concerns that you might have.

Assessment

Aegrotat Applications
If you feel that illness, injury, bereavement or other critical circumstances has prevented you from completing an item of assessment or affected your performance, you should complete an aegrotat application form, available from the Registry or the Student Health and Counselling Service. This should be within seven days of the due date for the required work or the date of the examination. In the case of illness or injury, medical consultation should normally have taken place shortly before or within 24 hours after the due date for the required work, or the date of the test or examination. For further details on aegrotat applications, please refer to the Enrolment Handbook. You have the right to appeal any decision made, including aegrotat decisions.
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/exams/aegrotats.shtml, please see Course links.

Reconsideration of Grades
Students should, in the first instance, speak to the course co-ordinator about their grades. If they can reach an agreeable solution, students should then speak to the Head of the Health Sciences centre, Assoc Professor Ray Kirk, Waimairi 204, 3643108, ray.kirk@canterbury.ac.nz. Students can appeal any decision made on their final grade. You can apply at the Registry to appeal within 4 weeks of the end of the semester. Be aware that there are time limits for each step of the appeals process.

Missing of Tests
In rare cases a student will not be able to sit a test. In such cases, the student should consult with the course co-ordinator to the Head of the Health Sciences Centre to arrange alternative procedures. This must be done well in advance of the set date for the test.

Textbooks / Resources

Course readings are provided through the Learn course website. Additional material/information is available form
http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=24326&sid=194845

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Policy on Dishonest Practice
Plagiarism, collusion, copying and ghost writing are unacceptable and dishonest practices.
• Plagiarism is the presentation of any material (text, data, figures or drawings, on any medium including computer files) from any other source without clear and adequate acknowledgement of the source.
• Collusion is the presentation of work performed in conjuction with another person or persons, but submitted as if it has been completed only by the names author(s).
• Copying is the use of material (in any medium, including computer files) produced by another person(s) with or without their knowledge and approval.
• Ghost writing is the use of another person(s) (with or without payment) to prepare all or part of an item submitted for assessment.
In cases where dishonest practice is involved in tests or other work submitted for credit, the student will be referred to the University Proctor. The instructor may choose to not mark the work.

Assessment and grading system

The Health Sciences Centre uses the following scale to convert marks into grades:
100-85 A+, 80-84 A, 75-79 A-, 70-74 B+, 65-69 B, 60-64 B-, 55-59 C+, 50-54 C, 45-49 C-, Below 45 D/E
The Health Sciences Centre reserves the right to adjust this mark/grade conversion. This will occur only when the deemed necessary and such adjustments will not be made to the detriment of a student's grade.

Attendance

N/A

Evaluation

N/A

Grade moderation

N/A

Late submission of work

Late work should be accompanied with a short note explaining why the work is late. The work will be marked and 1% the total marks will be subtracted for each day the work is late. Days late include weekend and holidays.

Notes

Students with Disabilities
Students with disabilities should speak with someone at Disability Support Service. They are located at 111 Maths Building (Ex.6350, disabilities@canterbury.ac.nz)

Other specific requirements

N/A

Requests for extensions

N/A

Resubmissions

N/A

Where to submit and collect work

On-campus students are to submit their assignments to the relevant lecturer on the due date. Assignments will be retuned in class, or made available for collection at the relevant school office.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,681.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All HLTH402 Occurrences

  • HLTH402-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011