Bringing business intelligence to healthcare informatics curriculum: a preliminary investigation

  • Authors:
  • Guangzhi Zheeng;Chi Zhang;Lei Li

  • Affiliations:
  • Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, USA;Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, USA;Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

Business intelligence (BI) and healthcare analytics are emerging technologies that provide analytical capability to help healthcare industry improve service quality, reduce cost, and manage risks. However, such component on analytical healthcare data processing is largely missed from current healthcare information technology (HIT) or health informatics (HI) curricula. This paper conducts a preliminary analysis on how healthcare business intelligence can be incorporated into a HIT program. A general framework and several exemplar implementation strategies are presented. They can be used to guide the development and improvement of HIT curriculum.