Course detail

Medical Information Systems

FEKT-NZISAcad. year: 2018/2019

Information systems, database systems and query languages. Patient data, computerized patient record, multimedial medical data. Computer as a component of diagnostic, therapeutic, and administrative systems. Hierarchy and function of medical information systems (MIS), structure of MIS with centralized and distributed database. Speciality of ethics and security of medical data in MIS. Standardization in medical informatics. Applications of MIS.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of medical data regarding its processing by diagnostic systems and medical information systems. Conceptions of medical information systems.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to specify medical data regarding its processing by diagnostic systems and medical information systems. Introducing to structure of medical data representation, its role in diagnostic systems and conceptions of medical information systems.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

van Bemmel, J.H. (ed.): Yearbook of Medical Informatics. Schattauer, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000. (EN)
Gardarin, G: Relational Databases and Knowledge Bases. Addison Wesley Co., 1999. (EN)
Pokorný, J.: Databázové systémy a jejich použití v informačních systémech. Academia, Praha, 1992. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-MN Master's

    branch MN-BEI , 1. year of study, summer semester, optional specialized

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Information systems, characteristics and properties, types, architecture of information systems (IS), distributed information networks, data sharing.
Database systems, basic definitions and architectures of database systems, database models - hierarchical, networked, relational, object-oriented.
Query languages for data structures, networks and distributed databases.
Computer as a component of of diagnostic, therapeutic, and administrative systems. Requirements on local computer networks for medical information systems.
Computerized patient record, medical data, data acquisition, coding and classificatio according to medical standards.
Multimedial medical data in medical information systems(MIS), acquisition, transfer, archivation and access to biological signals and biomedical images.
Hierarchy and function of MIS and other hospital IS, types of MIS - IS of physician, clinical IS, ambulantory IS
Structure of MIS with centralizedand distributed database, user interfaces. Administration and distance administration of MIS on various levels.
Outputs and informations for users of MIS, standard outputs.
Direct input of data to MIS, monitoring. Archivation and backup.
Standardization and classification of data in medical informatics. International standard HL7 for messaging in v MIS.
Speciality of ethics and security of medical data in MIS, user hierarchy, access rights.
Applications of MIS.

Exercise in computer lab

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Basic work with various general database systems.
Practising professional MIS CLINICOM with emulation of terminal and modul of laboratory and radiology.
Modul of image digitization and input to MIS.