Healthcare analytics is one of the fastest growing industries in our economy. Healthcare analytics allows for the examination of patterns in various healthcare data in order to determine how clinical care can be improved. This course introduces the essential elements of healthcare analytics to students with non-healthcare background, and provides them with an overview of population health informatics, clinical informatics, imaging informatics, mobile healthcare and their contributions to precision medicine. The goal of this course is to develop students’ understanding of healthcare analytics and analytical skills to comprehend healthcare data.

CILO-1: Explain and differentiate the essential elements of healthcare analytics and their related data. CILO-2: Select appropriate elements to support disease prediction, prevention and clinical decision. CILO-3: Explain and differentiate the basic concepts in population health informatics, clinical informatics, imaging informatics, and mobile healthcare. CILO-4: Define unmet needs for healthcare analytics. CILO-5: Explain the importance of healthcare analytics in precision medicine.