Clinical Informatics

1. Ali Al Sanousi, MD, MBA, PhD.

1. Clinical Information Systems

1. HMC

1. Interview w/ Sponsor
2. One Month Cancellation Notice

This elective, available as a 2 or 4-week course, will introduce the students to the Fundamentals of Clinical Informatics. It will explain the value of Clinical Informatics and give students an understanding of Informatics as a discipline. Students will be taught workflow analysis and process redesign while they are guided through the different subspecialities of Clinical Informatics such as Imaging Informatics, Pathology Informatics & Pharmacy Informatics. The course will discuss topics such as Clinical Information Systems (CIS), Clinical Decision Support, Care Process Improvement, Change Management and Organizational Behavior. Students will get the chance to learn about the Business of Healthcare Informatics and Innovation in Informatics. The course will also discuss the ethical and international perspectives of Clinical Informatics and explore the future of this new subspecialty. Students will be introduced to career possibilities of Clinical Informatics. The ultimate goal of this course is to bring a more knowledgeable workforce to the digitized healthcare institutions of Qatar.

Instruction will be a combination of lecture and seminar format in which students will actively participate through discussion and presentation of topics. Students will receive hands on training at Oracle Cerner® Live HMC facilities. Students will shadow a Senior CIS Staff Member and attend key organizational operational board meetings, including Corporate Change Board which designs, approves, and deploy clinical and non-clinical changes into the enterprise CIS. Each student will be assigned a mentor from the Clinical Information Systems Department for the duration of the elective.

Evaluation:

2 Week Elective – Summary Presentation4 Week Elective – Organizational Action Project: Workflow Analysis and Process Redesign