HMIS · IT212 Introduction to Computer Networks MIS201 Introduction to MIS HMIS303 Health Records Systems BUS202 Macroeconomy MIS303 Operations Research HMIS301 Health Care Systems

HMISHealth Managment Information Systems

HMIS Program Description

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ARB208 Arabic Language & LiteratureENG201 Essays & CompositionCSC200 Computer Driving LicenseMGT201 Introduction to ManagementCSC201 Computer Programming I ARB209 Arabic RhetoricENG202 English Communication SkillsACC201 Accounting IMTH211 Probability & Statistics ICSC202 Computer Programming II

Junior ____________________________

HMIS201 Medical TerminologyMTH212 Probability & Statistics II CLT201 Cultural Studies IBUS201 MicroeconomyCSC303 Database Management SystemsIT212 Introduction to Computer NetworksMIS201 Introduction to MIS HMIS303 Health Records SystemsBUS202 MacroeconomyMIS303 Operations ResearchHMIS301 Health Care SystemsENG308 Business CommunicationIT212L Computer Networks Lab

Senior ____________________________

-- Elective (priority Information Security)HMIS302 Pharmacology

CLT202 Cultural Studies IIMGT401 Project ManagementHMIS304 Health MIS-- MIS Elective (priority Research Methods)HMIS401 Practicum

CSC306 Software EngineeringHMIS411 Health FinanceMIS499 Senior ProjectMGT302 Managerial Finance-- Elective

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Mrs. Randa Turk (MPA Harvard, MPH & BSN AUB)•Coordinator for Academic Affairs•Supervisor of HMIS Focus•Researcher, published papers in the fields of Health Quality and Public Administration.•Worked at Harvard University, George Washington University, WHO World Health Organization, AUB and Al Makassed General Hospital MGH.•Instructs Health Management Information Systems, Medical Records, Medical Finance, and Medical Administration.

Often called health biomedical informatics or bioinformatics, HMIS forms part of the wider domain of eHealth, reflecting the large contribution of the non-medical professions to the generation and usage of data and information related to medicine, health care and public health.

Aspects of the field:

� Building of architectures for electronic medical records and other health information systems used for billing, scheduling or research.

� Initiation of decision support systems in healthcare.

� Adopting standards for the exchange of information between health care information systems.

� Spreading the use of controlled medical vocabularies such as the Standardized Nomenclature of Medicine, as well as other names and codes used to allow a standard, accurate exchange of data content between systems and providers.

� Encouraging the use of hand-held or portable devices to assist providers with data entry/retrieval or medical decision-making.

Batrakieh - Beirut - Lebanon

Phone: 01-358058 Fax: 01-358059

Website: www.gu.edu.lb Email: [email protected]

Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) is a field of study concerned with the broad range of issues in the management and use of biomedical information, including medical computing and the study of the nature of medical information itself.

Career PossibilitiesIn an effort to shorten the distance between actual graduation and having a real job, GLOBAL ULOBAL ULOBAL NIVERSITYteamed up with DMS; one of the leading companies in Health Management Information Systems.

The graduate will be trained on the assessment planning, development and implementation of a real HMIS solution installed in over 200 hospitals all around the Middle East so as to get practical experience in actual working conditions.

The graduates will earn an MIS degree with a focus in health, and a certificate of excellence from DMS in the administration of HMIS, thus opening for them the door for potential jobs in all hospitals utilizing this solution or any similar one.

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