New Academic Programs in HIT

Funded in part by grant awarded under ARRA High Growth & Emerging Industries Grant as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration

Miami University: where we are today

Over 100 students majoring in a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a major in Health Information Technology with our first two graduates in May 2013!

The Development Team

MU CIT Faculty

MU Nursing Faculty

Created a proposal

Approval Process

Department Division COAD

University Curriculu

m Committee

University Senate

Ohio Board of Regents

Curriculum – Foundation Courses

• Medical Terminology• Foundation in CIT I and CIT 2• Database• Human Computer Interaction• Systems Analysis and Design• Programming• Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II• Pathophysiology

Curriculum – Common Core

• Technology, Ethics and Global Society• Information Management and Retrieval• Information Technology Assurance and Security• Health Information Technology I & II• Global and Strategic Issues in IT• Technical Writing• Project Management• Health Care Systems and Culture• Health Care Informatics• Statistics• Collaborative Systems Design and Integration

HIT I and HIT II

• Semester I• Atmosphere of Influence• Models of Care• EHR• Interoperability• Survey of IT in

• telemedicine, radiology, pharmacy, surgery

• Real World Project

• Semester II• Patient Safety• Revenue Cycle• Digital Medicine• Practice Management• Survey of IT in

• Data Quality, System Acquisition and Security

• Project: Technology to Improve Healthcare

Selecting an EHR: Important Factors

• 100s of EHRs on the market• 50K from grant• Customizability• E-prescribing, web portal, analytics, document

management• Support a variety of settings

Selecting GE Centricity

• Popular System• 35 million clinicians• 17 million patient records

• Infrastructure: two application servers, an SQL cluster, two terminal servers virtualized on a physical blade

• Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management

Connecting with Health Professionals

• Professionals integrated into every phase of development• HIMSS & CSO HIMSS• Team Teaching 431 & 432• Connections with over 100 HIT professionals

CSOHIMSS Conference

Student Profiles

Real World Experience

• Field Trips to Live Locations:• Awarix• Electronic Health Records• Exposure to Executive Level Staff• Clinical• Information Technology

Speaker Series

Questions?