HS 632 - Consumer Health Informatics

Unit(s): 4

This course will introduce consumer health informatics as the rapidly expanding field that applied information technology to meet healthcare needs of consumers, or to influence consumer health behavior. The field is concerned with harnessing technology to meet the needs that they need to help them become more involved in their health and health care. Students will learn to apply Design Thinking principles to analyze consumer health needs, then design and evaluate information technology solutions. Mobile devices comprise a large part of consumer health informatics, thus Modern Principles for designing complex mobile healthcare applications will be presented.

Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions