Courses
COMP4126 Health Informatics: Technology and Practices (3 units)
- Prerequisite:
- Year 3 or above standing in Computer Science or any ITEC course at Level 2 or above, or COMP2036 AI and Data Analytics for Health and Social Innovation II
- Medium of Instruction:
- English
This course is designed to better equip computer science students for building their career in healthcare sector and working on real-word healthcare data. Experiential learning activities (e.g., hospital visits) will be arranged. After completion of this course, students will learn the structures, operations and workflow in healthcare organizations, understand typical healthcare datasets, and be equipped with data analysis skills. Students are able to describe the data involved, the data modeling techniques, the data standards, and typical pipelines to process data in the healthcare industry. Moreover, students can explain how IT can support the healthcare systems and data analysis can promote better healthcare services.