HEALTH MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION SYSTEM-2
This Course

• This course will provide

• Practical experience (utilizing the VistA for
Education program) to configuring EHRs
• Approaches to assessing and selecting HIS
to meet the specific needs of healthcare
organizations.
• Process of migration to an EHR
This Course

Theoretical Part Practical Part

Course Learning Objectives
At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Understand clinical workflows from multiple user

Perspectives
• Configure the system to achieve features required for
optimal use
• Assess and compare common commercial EHR systems
using KLAS ratings
• Evaluate key factors into workplace decisions for selecting
vendor-specific systems
• Describe the process of migration to an electronic health
record.
Practical Sessions

• The course includes VistA simulation EHR

environment lab exercises for:

• Patient care clinical workflow

• Implementing clinical decision support
• Building order sets
• Utilizing data entry templates
• Health summary and clinical reminder reports
 Course Time Plan
Week Topic
Week 1 • Welcoming & Course Orientation
Dr. Nesma • Lecture1-Commercial Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems; Evaluation and Selection
• Lab Exercise Implementing Clinical Decision Support
Dr. Rania
• Break
6 hr
• Lab Exercise 1 Patient Care Clinical Workflow

Week 2 • Short Quiz 1

• Lab Exercise 2,3 Patient Care Clinical Workflow Cont.
Dr. Nesma
• Break
Dr. Rania • Health Summary and Clinical Reminder Reports
6 hr Lab Exercise 1,2
• Final Project discussion

Week 3 • Short Quiz 2

• Lab Exercise 1,2 and 3 Building Order Sets
Dr. Nesma
• Break
Dr. Rania • Lecture2- Migration from Paper Record to an Electronic Health Record System
6 hr
Week 4 • Lab Exercise 4 Building Order Sets
• Lab Exercise 1,2,3 Creating Data Entry Templates
Dr. Nesma
Dr. Rania
6 hr
Evaluation Policy
Evaluation Criteria Degree
Attendance, Participation and attitude 10

Assignments, Exercises and Quizzes 30

• 5 Degrees/ 1 Assignment
• 15 degrees/ lab Exercises
• 10 degrees/ 2 quizzes

Final Exam and Final Project 60

• 40 Degrees/ Final Exam
• 20 Degrees/ Final Project

Total 100
For any question, please contact
Dr. Nesma Mohamed
(Bpharm, HIF)
nesmam@mohp.gov.eg
nesma710@gmail.com