| Class Description | The course is aimed at data management specialists, data management administrators, and students interested in health data management. There is currently significant momentum for selecting and using EHRs, driven by the financial incentives specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment bill which became US law in 2009. The US is investing about 20 billion dollars in the area of health information technology and with promises of more investments in the near future. The Office of National Coordinator of Health Information Technology is assembling use cases in various areas of health including pediatric care, long-term chronic care, adverse event reporting, and medications. Alongside consumer-oriented support services, there is also a significant effort on developing state-level health information exchanges and a federal architecture for health information exchange. |