Leading Change in Health Informatics

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Approx. 15 hours to complete

Course Summary

Leading Change in Health Informatics is a course designed to equip healthcare professionals with the necessary skills to lead and manage change in the health informatics field.

Key Learning Points

  • Understand the principles of change management and how to apply them to the healthcare industry
  • Learn how to evaluate and implement health informatics technologies
  • Develop leadership and communication skills to effectively manage change within a healthcare organization

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Learning Outcomes

  • Develop skills in change management and leadership specific to healthcare informatics
  • Gain the ability to evaluate and implement health informatics technologies effectively
  • Learn how to manage and lead change within a healthcare organization

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • Basic knowledge of healthcare informatics
  • Access to a computer and internet connection

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

  • Online
  • Self-paced
  • Video lectures

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Notable People in This Field

  • Professor and Chair of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology
  • Senior Vice President

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Description

Do you dream of being a CMIO or a Senior Director of Clinical Informatics? If you are aiming to rise up in the ranks in your health system or looking to pivot your career in the direction of big data and health IT, this course is made for you. You'll hear from experts at Johns Hopkins about their experiences harnessing the power of big data in healthcare, improving EHR adoption, and separating out the hope vs hype when it comes to digital medicine.

Knowledge

  • Describe essential steps in the process of successfully leading change in health IT organizations.
  • Recognize the importance of multidisciplinary and interprofessional teamwork in health informatics.
  • Utilize several common project management and strategic planning tools used by health informaticists.
  • Apply best practices for successful change management in health informatics.

Outline

  • Leading Change in Health Informatics
  • Introduction and Overview of the Course by Dr. Davison
  • Leadership and Teams
  • Patient Portals for Clinical Trial Recruitment: Introducing Change
  • Patient Portals for Clinical Trial Recruitment: Overcoming Resistance to Change
  • The Patient and Family as Important Stakeholders: Interview with Dr. Howard Levy
  • Creating a Sense of Urgency: Reflections with Dr. Marion Ball, Part I
  • Organizational Readiness for Change
  • To Take, or Not to Take?
  • Vision and Communication
  • Importance of Interprofessional Collaboration: Reflections with Marion Ball
  • Enable Action and Generate Wins
  • Clinical Decision Support Governance
  • Clinical Decision Support: Case Study
  • The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America's Health System
  • Kotter's 8-Step Process for Leading Change
  • Managing Change: An Overview
  • Organizational Readiness Assessment Toolkit
  • Governance for Clinical Decision Support
  • Optional: Interprofessional Clinical Informatics Education and Practice
  • Optional: Organizational Readiness to Change Assessment (ORCA)
  • Module 1 Knowledge Check #1
  • Module 1 Knowledge Check #2
  • Module 1 Knowledge Check #3
  • Module 1 Knowledge Check #4
  • Module 1 Quiz
  • Project Management for Health Informaticists
  • Project Management
  • What is a Project?
  • Project Planning
  • Groupthink
  • Case Study in Project Management
  • Role of the Work Breakdown Structure in Health IT
  • Process Flow Charts
  • Example of a Gantt Chart
  • What is a Process Flowchart?
  • Quick Guide to Project Management
  • Module 2 Knowledge Check #1
  • Module 2 Knowledge Check #2
  • Strategic Planning in Health IT
  • Strategic Planning
  • Case Study in Strategic Planning
  • A Strategic Acquisition
  • Strategic Planning Tools
  • Tele-Emergency Medicine: Interview with Junaid Ruzak
  • Interview: Rebecca Canino and Dr. Ingrid Zimmer-Galler
  • Medical Second Opinion Program
  • Vendor Evaluation Process
  • What is ROI?
  • Calculating Total Cost of Ownership
  • Vendor Evaluation Matrix Tool
  • Tableau Total Cost of Ownership
  • Total Cost of Ownership and Return on Investment
  • EMRs and Capture Solutions: The Total Cost of System Ownership
  • Module 3 Knowledge Check #1
  • Module 3 Knowledge Check #2
  • Change Management
  • Change Management
  • Push Vs. Pull
  • Workflow Redesign/Reengineering
  • Definitions and Guidelines
  • Define the Problem
  • Plan the Solution
  • Implement
  • Analyze and Iterate
  • Key Takeaways
  • Workarounds
  • Change Management in Software
  • Managing Change: A Developer's Perspective
  • Closing Remarks
  • Managing Change: Analysis of a Hypothetical Case
  • Change Management in EHR Implementation
  • Workarounds Emerging From Electronic Health Record System Usage: Consequences for Patient Safety, Effectiveness of Care, and Efficiency of Care
  • Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit
  • Workflow Toolkit and Lessons in User Centered Design
  • The HITECH Era and the Path Forward
  • Optional: Ten key Considerations for the Successful Optimization of Large-scale Health Information Technology
  • Module 4 Knowledge Check

Summary of User Reviews

Read reviews on Coursera's Leading Change in Health Informatics course. Users have praised the course for its comprehensive and practical content. Overall, the course has received positive feedback.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Comprehensive and practical content

Pros from User Reviews

  • Content is well-structured and easy to understand
  • Instructors provide relevant examples and case studies
  • Course material is up-to-date and relevant to current industry trends

Cons from User Reviews

  • Some users found the assignments to be too time-consuming
  • Course may be too basic for those with prior knowledge or experience in health informatics
  • Discussion forums can be overwhelming with a large number of participants
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Approx. 15 hours to complete
Ashwini S. Davison, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
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