Course overview

For health information to be useful and useable, it must be shared consistently and meaningfully between information systems.

This course will discuss the key terms associated with health information systems and its standards, which are integral to the functioning of information systems, playing a critical role in ensuring information exchange and interoperability.

The course will focus on the role and usage of interoperability standards within healthcare information systems and the organisations that create and maintain these standards.

Part of a programme of 10 Health Informatics sessions which can be taken separately, or as a programme of 10. Designed by Newcastle University & Health Education England North East and North Cumbria, and accredited by the Faculty of Clinical Informatics UK.  See go.ncl.ac.uk/health-informatics for information about the whole programme.