Module 1: Principles of systems theory – human activity systems

Module 2: Information systems

Module 3: Information systems development methodologies

Module 4: Healthcare information systems

Module 5: Electronic health record

Module 6: Personal health record

Module 7: Electronic prescription

Module 8: Telemedicine – Tele-education in healthcare facilities

Module 9: Coding of medicines – standards for healthcare information system data

Module 10: Security of healthcare information systems

Module 11: Personal data protection and privacy – HIPAA – EU GDPR

On completion of the course students will be able to:

•  identify and describe information systems;
•  understand, explain and analyse healthcare information systems;
•  identify and classify healthcare information systems and their applications;
•  identify the functional characteristics and content (procedures, functions, etc) of healthcare information systems;
•  distinguish and classify the international standards established with regard to the data of healthcare information systems;
•  assess, examine and describe healthcare information systems in relation to the existing state of affairs in Greece, and European and international trends;
•  describe and understand e-telematics and telemedicine services; and
•  understand and recognize the need for data security in healthcare information systems and evaluate and solve typical examples of personal data protection.