Course

Health Data Management II

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Health Information Management
Course code
HIMP 4440
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
35
Method(s) of instruction
Hybrid
Lecture
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
Students will begin to understand, critique and apply data management strategies to monitor and evaluate health outcomes at the regional/territorial, provincial and national level. In addition, students will develop an applied understanding of health data and information principles, practices and governance.
Course content
  • Population grouping methodology
  • Case mix groups (CMG+) methodology
  • Resource intensity weights (RIW) and expected length of stay (ELOS)
  • Acute ambulatory care grouping methodology - Comprehensive Ambulatory Classification Systems (CACS)
  • Analysis of quality, risk, utilization and financial management of healthcare using data from population, inpatient and ambulatory care grouping methodologies
  • Concepts of ethics, equity, diversity and inclusivity supported by data management
Learning activities

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lectures, case study analysis, independent research, exercises, training on data classification technology, participant presentations, classroom discussions and guest speakers.  

Means of assessment

The course evaluation is consistent with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.  An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.  This is a graded course.  All assignments must be completed to pass the course.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the successful student will be able to:

  • apply case mix groups methodologies to analyze health outcomes from the quality, risk, utilization and financial management perspectives;
  • apply population grouping methodologies to analyze health outcomes within various sectors;
  • apply CACS methodologies to analyze health outcomes provided by ambulatory care services;
  • create geographical information visualization using ArcGIS software (ESRI Canada) to facilitate monitoring and trending of health outcomes across the care continuum on a regional, territorial, provincial, and national level;
  • determine methods to address concepts of ethics, equity, diversity and inclusivity supported by health data.
Textbook materials

A list of required and optional textbooks, materials and electronic applications is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.

Requisites

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for HIMP 4440
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025