UNT-DRC Biomedical Informatics and Health IT Networking Event

PANEL PRESENTATION

Ana D. Cleveland, PhD, AHIPRegents Professor

Director, Health Informatics Program

FOUR BOLD GOALSGoal 1: Provide the best undergraduate educational experience in Texas

Goal 2: Provide superior graduate education, scholarship and artistic endeavors and achieve status among the nation’s tier-one research institutions

Goal 3: Become a national leader among universities in student support, employee relations, operational effectiveness and service to constituencies

Goal 4: Establish UNT as a nationally recognized, engaged university and regional leader by building and expanding mutually beneficial partnerships and resources

DEFINITIONS

Health information technology: umbrella term for many types of health information management using computerized systems and related technology

Biomedical informatics: field of study related to the management and application of biomedical information, with a strong emphasis on information technology

CHALLENGES

DIGITAL NATIVES DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS

SIX ROLES1. Clinician/Public Health Leader

2. Health Information Management and Exchange Specialist

3. Health Information Privacy and Security Specialist

4. Research and Development Scientist

5. Programmer and Software Engineer

6. Health IT Sub-specialist

COMPETENCY AREAS

1. Structure, environment, and culture of modern health care

2. Health information literacy

3. Computer and information systems literacy

4. Information management

COMPETENCY AREAS

1. Structure, environment, and culture of modern health care

2. Health information literacy

3. Computer and information systems literacy

4. Information management

UNT SYSTEM

CENTRAL COORDINATI

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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

INTERDISCIPLINARY

Business Info

Systems

CognitiveScience

Info Science

Health Sciences

Biology

MASTER’S PROGRAMS

…and others…

Public Health

CompScience