Health Care Informatics

LESSON 10 Hardware vs. Software Systems LEARNING OUTCOMES ______________________________________________________________________________

In this lesson, you will do the following:

Review and assess the different functions between hardware and software used in health

information systems.

READINGS

The following reading assignments are for Lessons 9 through 12:

Gartee Text:

Chapter 4, pp. 74 - 95

Chapter 5, pp. 98 - 126

Chapter 6, pp. 127 - 151

Chapter 9, pp. 208 - 236

Chapter 10, pp. 237 - 259

ACTIVITIES / ASSESSMENTS

The following activities/assessments are for Lessons 9 through 12:

1. Read the assigned pages from the Gartee text.

2. Review the Lecture Notes, Unit 3 PowerPoint, and Voice Pod.

3. Participate in the weekly discussion question.

4. Complete the written assignment.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

Databases

Using a spreadsheet format, create a data set of 10 patients as a master patient log, which

includes the following:

 Patient Name

 Date of Admission

 Admitting Diagnosis

 Admitting Physician

 Date of Discharge

 Unique Identification Number

Describe how such a data set would be useful to a health care organization.

PLEASE NOTE: All graded assignments for the lessons in this unit should be grouped together

and submitted as ONE document using the Assignment Submission form accessed from your

course homepage or http://www.sjcme.edu/gps/assignments.