PHE 427 – Managing Information in Health Services
Biography
Presents concepts of managing the multiple sources of information needed for successful administration of health and related human service programs to improve population health. It builds student competencies to be successful consumers of information through identification, retrieval and manipulation of various sources of health information. Students learn about information resources, use of social media, basic concepts of health informatics, and how to use health data for decision-making.
Prerequisite
Upper-division standing.
¹ CEPH Primary Instructional Faculty
² CEPH Non-Primary Instructional Faculty
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More than 150 faculty members work within the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. They have a wide range of expertise, from monitoring and assessing health risks and opportunities in populations, to helping build health-supporting social environments through policy, advocacy, and programs. They are educators, advisors, researchers, practitioners and community leaders. They come from backgrounds in quantitative, behavioral, environmental and social sciences, policy and government, exercise and health sciences and anthropology, among many other areas. They all work in collaboration with each other and with community partners, and are especially focused on the training and education of future leaders and practitioners in the public health fields.
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