This module will introduce students to essential concepts about information, communication and decision making in healthcare that underlie the development of digital healthcare technologies.
The module covers the following:

• What is information, and why is it important in healthcare?
• The kinds of data used in healthcare, how to assess data quality
  
• The kinds of knowledge used in healthcare, how to assess its quality
  
• Principles of data coding and data management
  
• Principles of knowledge representation and knowledge management
  
• Communication science and its relevance to healthcare
  
• The need for directory information, and how it can be managed
  
• Decisions in healthcare and how they can be improved
  
• Introduction to computer systems and software development

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