Computer Science 590W - Health Informatics & Data Sci

This course introduces the discipline of health informatics and data science to prepare our students as forerunners of the future of digital health care systems. Followed by an overview of the health informatics industry, it covers a broad range of introductory topics related to the context of health care systems, such as the structure of current health care systems, various types of health data, theoretical framework and practice use of quantitative analytic methodologies, and ethics. More specifically, this course will teach important health informatics technologies and standards, such as electronic health records, medical claims data, imaging/free-text clinical notes, patient-reported outcomes, traditional and machine learning-based analytic algorithms, data visualization, and clinical research and experimental procedures. This course counts as a CS Elective for the CS Major (BA or BS).

Open to junior and senior Computer Science majors who have completed COMPSCI 240 or STATISTC 515 with a grade of C or better. LECT 01 FOR UNDERGRADS; LECT 02 FOR GRADS. THIS COURSE COUNTS AS A CS ELECTIVE FOR THE CS MAJOR (BA OR BS). COMPSCI 590W WILL NOT COUNT TOWARD THE INFORMATICS MAJOR. INFORMATICS MAJORS SHOULD ENROLL IN INFO 390W. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: http://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides