MHA 705 Healthcare Informatics Study Guide -Final Exams
Module 4: Managing the Life Cycle of a Health Information System
Key Concepts:
- Systems Life Cycle (SLC)
- Request for Proposal (RFP) vs. Request for Information (RFI)
- SWOT Analysis in Healthcare Systems
- Criteria for Evaluating Healthcare Information Systems
- Key Considerations for Selecting a Healthcare Information System
- Methods for Defining Requirements
- Questions to Ask When Replacing or Updating Systems
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- System Functionality
- Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Project Management Concepts
Important Terms:
• Systems Life Cycle (SLC)
• RFP vs. RFI
• SWOT Analysis
• Total Cost of Ownership
• Strategic Vision in Health IT
• Downtime Levels
• Redundancy and Backup System
Module 5: User Experience, Standards, Safety, and Analytics in Health Informatics
Key Concepts:
- User Experience in Health IT:
- Usability and System Design:
- Testing and Evaluation of Systems:
- Analytics and Data Mining in Healthcare:
- Standards and Safety in Health Informatics:
- Error Types in Healthcare:
- Health Information System (HIS) Life Cycle:
Important Terms:
• Focus on User Experience Design: Understand the importance of usability,
heuristic evaluations, and testing methods in improving health IT systems.
• Know the Big Data Principles: Be familiar with the "five V’s" of big data: volume,
variety, velocity, veracity, and value.
• Understand Donabedian’s Model: Learn how structure, process, and outcomes
are used to evaluate healthcare systems, and how clinical decision support systems
fit into this framework.
Module 4: Managing the Life Cycle of a Health Information System
Key Concepts:
- Systems Life Cycle (SLC)
- Request for Proposal (RFP) vs. Request for Information (RFI)
- SWOT Analysis in Healthcare Systems
- Criteria for Evaluating Healthcare Information Systems
- Key Considerations for Selecting a Healthcare Information System
- Methods for Defining Requirements
- Questions to Ask When Replacing or Updating Systems
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- System Functionality
- Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Project Management Concepts
Important Terms:
• Systems Life Cycle (SLC)
• RFP vs. RFI
• SWOT Analysis
• Total Cost of Ownership
• Strategic Vision in Health IT
• Downtime Levels
• Redundancy and Backup System
Module 5: User Experience, Standards, Safety, and Analytics in Health Informatics
Key Concepts:
- User Experience in Health IT:
- Usability and System Design:
- Testing and Evaluation of Systems:
- Analytics and Data Mining in Healthcare:
- Standards and Safety in Health Informatics:
- Error Types in Healthcare:
- Health Information System (HIS) Life Cycle:
Important Terms:
• Focus on User Experience Design: Understand the importance of usability,
heuristic evaluations, and testing methods in improving health IT systems.
• Know the Big Data Principles: Be familiar with the "five V’s" of big data: volume,
variety, velocity, veracity, and value.
• Understand Donabedian’s Model: Learn how structure, process, and outcomes
are used to evaluate healthcare systems, and how clinical decision support systems
fit into this framework.