F7AMSIZZ - Information Sources in Healthcare

Maximum two absences during the semester. Assessment will be based on two written tests: 1st test during the semester (40 points); 2nd test at the end of the semester (60 points). Final assessment according to the ECTS grading scale.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Introduction; searching for information

2.Bibliographic sources, search for publications

3.Czech and foreign statistical information sources

4.Information sources of IHIS

5.National Health Information System and Health Registers

6.Information resources on medical devices

Syllabus of exercises:

1.The basics of information searching

2.Search in Pubmed

3.Search through the EIZ gateway

4.Search in other information sources

5.Czech health registers

6.Statistical database - Eurostat , OECD, WHO

7.Information sources of IHIS

8.Public procurement databases

9.Health registers

10.Resources on Medical Devices

[1].ROBINSON, Lyn. Understanding healthcare information. London: Facet, 2010. ISBN 1856046621.

[2].WAGER, Karen A., Frances Wickham LEE a John P. GLASER. Health care information systems: a practical approach for health care management. Fourth edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer/Wiley, 2017. ISBN 978-1-119-33718-8.

[3].UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. HEALTH STATISTICS AND DATA SOURCES. [online]. 2017. Available from: https://hsl.lib.umn.edu/biomed/help/health-statistics-and-data-sources

• Prospectus - magisterský (!)
• Systematic Integration of processes in Health Service - full-time (compulsory course)