HI 7300 - Quality Improvement in Healthcare Environment

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Entrance into Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics program or permission of instructor and CNHP 7000 and CNHP 7100.
Description
This course will provide an understanding of quality and process improvement strategies, including six sigma/lean, as well as strategies for process improvement. It will also cover past/current/future regulations and requirements (MU/HIPAA/HITECH/MACRA) regulating quality improvement functionality in HIT. Patient Safety and Heuristic evaluation principles in system and software design will also be covered.