Health Information Systems

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

  1. Communicate the fundamentals of information systems and their role within digital health
  2. Evaluate implementation models and critical success factors for introducing an information system specific organisational context
  3. Critically evaluate the technical and human issues that need to be considered when developing a health information system
  4. Analyse the relevance of different types of evaluation in the context of an ICT project in a healthcare context

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-HIM-MAS-2024 - Master of Health Information Management

Elective

• TAS-HSM-MAS-2024 - Master of Health Service Management

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• TAS-CRH608 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Online tutorial 1 hr x 4 times per semester. Independent learning approx 10 hrs weekly.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.