JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

UNIT - I

Introduction and Overview of hospital information system: Patient history taking mechanisms. Patient Data Processing, Database Management, Communication of Medical data across different hospital units. Networking and Integration of patient data.

UNIT - II

Data from Patients: Coding and Classification, The Patient Record, Biosignal Analysis, Medical Imaging, Image Processing and Analysis. Patient-Centered Information Systems, Primary Care, Clinical Departmental Systems, Clinical Support Systems, Nursing Information Systems.

UNIT - III

Medical Knowledge and Decision Support: Methods for Decision Support, Clinical Decision-Support Systems, Strategies for Medical Knowledge Acquisition, Predictive Tools for Clinical Decision Support.

UNIT - IV

Institutional Information Systems: Modeling of Health Care for Information Systems Development, Hospital Information Systems: Clinical Use, Technical Choices, Health Information Resources. Methodology for Information Processing, Logical Operations, Biostatistical Methods, Biosignal Processing Methods, Pattern Recognition, Modeling for Decision Support, Structuring the Computer-based Patient Record, Evaluation of Clinical Information Systems.

UNIT - V

Methodology for Information Systems: Human-Computer Interaction in Health Care ,Costs and Benefits of Information Systems, Security in Medical Information Systems, Standards in Health-care Informatics and Telematics, Project Management,

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Bemmel, J.Van; Musen, M.A. Handbook of Medical Informatics 1st ed. 1997.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. R. D. Lele, Computers in Medicine Tata McGraw Hill, 2005.
• 2. Davidson, P., Best Practice Series: Healthcare Information Systems, Auerbach Publications, 2000.
• 3. Edward B.H. Shortliffe & James J Cimino- Biomedical Informatics –Computer Application in Health Care and Biomedicine. (New Age Int. P.Ltd.), 3rd Edition Springer-2008. R16 B.TECH BIOMEDICAL ENGG.