The Social and Technical Context of Health Informatics

The Social and Technical Context of Health Informatics: Overview & Verdict

Improving health and healthcare institutions requires understanding of data and creation of interventions at the many levels at which health IT interact and affect the institution. These levels range from the external “world” in which the institution operates down to the specific technologies. Data scientists find that, when they aim at implementing their models in practice, it is the “socio” components that are both novel to them and mission critical to success. At the end of this course, stude

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What you need before starting

• • A free Coursera account (takes under a minute to create)
• • A laptop, tablet or phone with a stable internet connection
• • Basic computer literacy; everything specific to data science is explained in the course

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University teaches The Social and Technical Context of Health Informatics. The lessons follow a consistent structure and the Q&A section stays active, which is a good signal of ongoing support.

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