MSA 580 - Healthcare Analytics (3 cr.)

This course is designed as a special topic of business analytics to explore how mining and quantitative methods can help us solve healthcare-related problems. It provides a framework to understand a range of health data standards and privacy concerns on information management policy, explore the types of health information systems prevalent in healthcare organizations, and analyze health information to support decision making in various healthcare problems. In this course, students will learn how the core competencies of healthcare analytics can be developed and applied using real-world case studies. Students will be exposed to specific concepts related to IT architecture and governance, health information systems, electronic medical records (EMR), health data and standards, big data sourcing, and mining methods for decision making and health improvement.
Prerequisite(s): MSA 540 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring