Health Data Standards

Credits:
3
Students will learn the very important relationship between health data standards and health informatics. Learners will be expected to understand specific topics, such as: minimum data sets, nomenclature, classification systems, taxonomies, and the significance of data standards.  Minimum data sets like the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) and Canadian MIS database (CMDB), and others will be analyzed.