Application of Information Technology in Hospital Administration

By the end of this workshop, participants will

• Understand and describe health care information systems and technology and effective use of these systems and technologies
• Understand and describe the current limitation of health care systems and technology specifically from the perspective of the various stakeholders
• Substantially increase productivity in and ability to communicate through MS Excel
• Learn to use MS Access as tool for health care data manipulation and storage. Specifically with regard to its ability to help mitigate some of the limitations in health information systems in general

CONTENT

• Introduction
• Complementary roles of the hospital-wide EHR and CDS
• MS Excel Formatting in the health care sector
• The electronic Physician
• Websites that offer care over the internet
• MS Access Database Design and Maintenance
• Managing Data in Healthcare
• MS Access Queries in the Healthcare System
• MS Access Advanced Queries
• MS Access Reports
• MS Access Macros and Buttons
• Information Security
• MS Excel and MS Access specific health care applications

FOR WHOM:

Relevant Healthcare Practitioners

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.