Bootcamp Content

The Bootcamp focuses on the following main topic areas.

Course Curriculum

The Bootcamp includes lectures on the following given either at the on-site course and in the online archive.

• The Structure of the Healthcare System and its Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
• Health, Healthcare, and their Challenges for Health Informatics
• The Nature, Structure and Management of Health Data and Information and Knowledge
• Applying Health Informatics
• Major Healthcare Applications: Information Systems, Digital Imaging and PACS
• Managing Risk in the Digital Enterprise
• “Intelligent” Health Systems
• Health Communications Systems and Telehealth
• The Health User Interface and Interactive Systems
• Human/Social Aspects of Health Information Systems
• Quality Assessment and Improvement Support
• Health Informatics Education
• Systems Support for Public and Population Health
• Key Personal Skills for Applied Health Informaticians
• Translational Bioinformatics
• Legal and Legislative Issues
• The Future and Persistent Issues in Health Informatics