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Health Informatics Courses at UCLAN

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What is Health Informatics ?

• HEALTH INFORMATICS (HI) - the knowledge, skills and tools that enable information to be collected, managed, used and shared to support the delivery of healthcare and to promote health [and wellbeing]

• HI can be in or for the NHS and other care providers, commercial solution providers and in research and teaching


Treatment and care may be at risk without Health Informatics!

• Information is needed to make decisions on care and treatment for patients and on managing health as a business

• Patient safety relies on the right information being available to appropriate authorised professionals as and when required

• …. Health informatics plays a part in effective, efficient and efficacious service delivery

• Learn more about it, look at our website


What can I study?

• Post-Graduate Certificate (1 year), Diploma (2) or Masters (3 years)

• A Foundation Degree (2 years) and BSc top-up year• Modular University Certificates in HI at various levels

(1 semester)• Applicants can also enter through an experiential

route with no first degree, subject to informal interview

• All study is suitable for satisfying continuing professional development for Agenda for Change and ‘fitness to practice’ registration, such as UKCHIP


How can I study?

• Study is by a mix of e-learning, work-based assignments and periodic tutorials

• Blended learning allows you to study when and where you want (within reason!) to take allowances for work schedules, family commitments and the odd unmissable football match!

• Previous successful students are from ‘Canada to Cuerden’; work in care provider organisations, as commercial partners or at a strategic level in all the home countries


12 Modules

Year 1(120 Level 1 credits)

The Role of the OrganisationPersonal development

The Role of IS, IT and the NPfIT

Interacting & CommunicatingData, Information and

KnowledgeRole of Information in the

Organisation

Year 2(120 Level 2 credits)

Analysing and Presenting Information

Electronic CommunicationsDrawing Conclusions from

DataElectronic Data

Applying Informatics in the Workplace (Double work

based Unit)

6 semesters

Opportunities in Health Informatics (Blended Learning)

Foundation Degree

(120 Level 3 credits)

BSc (Hons) Health Informatics

3 semesters

Health Research Methods

3 Modules(60 Level 4 credits)

HI4000: Postgraduate and Professional Study Skills

HI4002: Quantitative Methodology for Health

ResearchHI4003: Qualitative

Methodology for Health Research

3 semesters

Postgraduate Certificate

Health Informatics

3 Modules(60 Level 4 credits)


HI4001: Informatics for Health Research

HI4004: Informatics for Health and Social Care

3 semesters

6 Modules in total


Plus five from:-HI4001: IT for Health Research

HI4002: Quantitative Methodology for Health Research

HI4003: Qualitative Methodology for Health Research

HI4004: IT for Health and Social Care

HI4005: Decision Support for Evidence Based PracticeHI4006: Information and

Communication Technology for Health Care

HI4007: Quality Assurance for Health Care

HI4008: National Health Care Systems

(120 level 4 credits in total)

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HI4990: Dissertation(Triple Module)

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Masters in Health Informatics

Postgraduate Diploma

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How does HI make a difference?• supporting the NHS to collect and analyse information,

monitor health trends and to make the best use of clinical and other resources

• bringing together more information from more locations for effective decision making by all clinical professions

• helping plan patient care delivered in hospital, through primary care or at home

• making complex analyses and calculations about drugs, procedures and interventions more robust

• moving towards 24/7/365 access to patient records by all authorised / authenticated staff, regardless of location, media or type of record / content


Where does HI happen?

• Supporting healthcare delivery in hospitals, community locations and GP practices

• Used by nurses, doctors, other clinical professionals and managers

• Covers information about patients, activity and resources, strategic planning and performance monitoring


What do UCLAN Health Informatics courses contain?

• The Health and Social Care context across the home countries• Information Technologies, Application Development

• Business Change and Risk Assessment

• Information and Data Quality and Information Governance

• Learning research, presentation, statistical, project management, evaluation, analytic and searching skills

• Understanding how the NHS designs, procures, develops and delivers its solutions

• Looking into the future for telehealth, shared patient records and citizens involvement


Job potential from HI qualifications

• Demands for qualified, experienced Health Informaticians are growing to around 200,000 over the next few years (from 25,000 now) (reference e-Skills report and NHS Workforce surveys)

• Most students use their UCLAN HI qualifications to progress in their careers or enhance their knowledge skills in-post

• UCLAN HI courses are also recognised for continuing personal development and professional registration; and UK NHS quality initiatives


Health Informatics helps to answer key questions

• What pills, potions and interventions is Joe Bloggs having

• Has this hospital got the current capacity to cope with the victims of a major accident that has just occurred

• Is the health service locally as efficient, effective and efficacious as it could be

• What is the best way to deal with blood clots

• What will the local demand be for winter flu injections


See more about health informatics optionsLOOK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

www.uclan.ac.uk/healthinformatics

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