school of allied health and life sciences

Electronic Clinical Record Systems
Online and Hands-On!

COURSE SYLLABUS

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 WELCOME MESSAGE: Welcome to the Land of Records!

COURSE NUMBER:

HSA5198


COURSE TITLE:

Electronic Clinical Record Systems

COURSE OVERVIEW:

This course is a fully online course. Additional information on this structure is provided in the welcome message above.

This course is part of the Medical Informatics Certification Program.

COURSE COORDINATORS/INSTRUCTORS: (left to right)

Paul McLeod, MD, Med3000 [biosketch]
Debbie Torpey, LPN, Med3000 [biosketch]
Nina Louviere, CMA, EMR Trainer, Med3000  [biosketch]
Tony Basel, Cogon Systems [biosketch]
David Levan [biosketch]








CONTACT INFORMATION:

Paul_McLeod@med3000.com
Debbie_Torpey@med3000.com
Nina_Louviere@med3000.com
tbasel@cogonsystems.com


PREREQUISITES OR COREQUISITES:

• Working knowledge of medical terminology (using an online medical dictionary when necessary)
• Working knowledge of how to use personal computers, including knowledge of word-processing, spreadsheet packages and Internet searching
• Training (or interest) in a health care-related field at the Associate's or Bachelor's level (or equivalent work experience)
  
  Students lacking any of the above prerequisites but still interested in the Medical Informatics Certificate Program should contact Dr. Melanie A. Sutton (msutton@uwf.edu) for possible alternative substitute courses or training.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course explores the use and evaluation of commercially available electronic medical record systems. Health care workflow issues will be addressed in the context of impacts on billing, collections, and scheduling in a health care practice. In general, upon completion of this course, a student will acquire the skills to be:
• able to use and evaluate commercial software products to manage medical information.
• able to serve as a liaison to doctors, administrators, and other health care professionals in the use of current and emerging computer technologies.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (Objectives): 
 

This course meets the following programmatic goals for the Certificate in Medical Informatics program:


• Communication and Critical Thinking:
  • propose and develop health care workflow impact studies in areas affected by electronic clinical record systems (e.g., billing, collections, scheduling, etc.).
  • evaluate and present the limitations and utility of features within electronic clinical record systems.
  • present and defend recommendations for alternative electronic clinical record systems.
  • effectively use electronic clinical record systems to address case studies from a health care practice.
  • apply health care laws (e.g., HIPAA) and professional ethics to cases involving the use of electronic clinical record systems.
  • present and defend recommendations and conclusions regarding interoperability issues within electronic clinical record systems.

Fulfillment of these goals will be assessed as described below. For the purposes of programmatic assessment, the following mastery levels will be used:

Characteristics of Submitted Student Work and Assignments

SKILL MASTERY LEVEL	CRITICAL THINKING	COMMUNICATION
Very Good-Excellent	Student consistently shows clarity of understanding of, and an ability to present and defend recommendations and conclusions regarding the selection and use of electronic medical record systems.	Student shows clear expression of ideas in writing with proper spelling and grammar and an ability to integrate their ideas into the literature on electronic medical record systems.
Satisfactory	Student demonstrates a basic level of understanding of, and ability to present and defend recommendations and conclusions regarding the selection and use of electronic medical record systems.	Student demonstrates only adequate implementation of above Very Good-Excellent characteristics.
Unsatisfactory	Student has a critical inability to present and defend recommendations and conclusions regarding the selection and use of electronic medical record systems.	Student maintains a lack of adherence to technical writing style and skills, uses improper grammar and spelling, and has an inability to clearly express ideas in writing and to integrate those ideas into the literature on electronic medical record systems.

TOPICS COVERED:

	Topic	Approximate coverage
1-2.	Physician office workflows and challenges	8 hours
3-4.	Features of electronic medical records systems	8 hours
5-6.	Selecting an electronic medical records system	8 hours
7.	Implementation	4 hours
8.	Hands-On With an EMR System	4 hours
9.	Integration with Practice Management	4 hours
10.	Interoperability/Interface Standards; Continuity of Care Record	4 hours
11.	Clinical Decision Support/Computerized Prescriber Order Entry	4 hours
12.	Hospital Workflow Challenges; Hands-On With Cogon Systems Tools	4 hours
	Total instructional hours	48 hours total

REQUIRED TEXTS/MATERIALS:



• Medical Informatics Resource Site
• This course will draw upon a variety of additional reading materials to cover the topics provided above, with links provided within the eLearning course managament system.

SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY UTILIZED BY STUDENTS: (beyond baseline requirements of e-mail and word processing)

• Students will be trainined on current software used in maintaining electronic clinical record systems.
• Students will be provided with UWF computer accounts and access to on-line course modules.

REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• Hebda, T., Czar, P. & Mascara, C. (2001). Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Health Care Professionals. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

GRADING/EVALUATION:

• 25% On-line discussion and lab participation/completion
• 75% Exams

EXPECTATIONS FOR ACADEMIC CONDUCT/PLAGIARISM POLICY:

• Academic Conduct Policy [Web]
• Plagiarism Policy [ PDF]
• Student Handbook [ PDF]

It is the philosophy of The University of West Florida that academic dishonesty is a completely unacceptable mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form. All persons involved in academic dishonesty will be disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures. Discipline may include suspension or expulsion from the University. Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts.

In addition, any behavior that interferes with the conduct of a class is classified as disruptive behavior and will not be tolerated. Although not exhaustive, examples of disruptive behavior would include: routinely participating in online class discussions late or not at all without specific permission from the instructor; inappropriate postings; threatening faculty or fellow students or electronic abuse of faculty or fellow students; electronic displays of anger; etc.

ASSISTANCE:

Students with special needs who require specific examination-related or other course-related accommodations should contact Disabled Student Services (DSS), dss@uwf.edu, (850) 474-2387. DSS will provide the student with a letter for the instructor that will specify any recommended accommodations.

Every effort will be made to accommodate the special needs of disabled students. Please privately contact your instructor during the first week of class to indicate your particular needs. All such accommodations are officially arranged through the Office for Disabled Student Services and a letter from this office must accompany your request. 

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