Course will Benefit
 

a practitioner holding MBBS, BDS, MS, MD degree / diploma, Phd, etc

any Graduate or Post Graduate have interest  in Medical Informatics

one who do not have time to pursue full time course and want to stay updated of recent developments

any one who is in  favor of Medical Informatics & ICT use in Medicine

one who is futuristic

Admission Announcement
As on May 26, 2010

Admission closed for Batch-13

Inviting Application for Batch-14

Application last date:
25 August 2010

Course start date:
15 September 2010

Three Months Distant Learning

COURSE CURRICULUM

Computer Fundamentals·         What is Computer?·         The Basic Advantages and Disadvantages of a Computer·         Size and Types of Computers·         Historical Development / Generations of Computers

Add-on Devices of a Computer ·         Input and Output Devices

Processing Unit

Application Software and System Software / Operating System

Window XP Professional, Windows Vista: By Edition·         Home Basic ·        Home Premium ·         Ultimate ·         Business·         Enterprise

Case Studies on deployment of Windows Vista in Hospitals

Migration - Windows to Linux

Number System and Computer Arithmetic

MS-Paint

Word Pad

Notepad

Viewing Files and Folders

Using Windows Explorer

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) ·         Difference between DOS and Windows·         DOS Commands

Microsoft Word

MS-Excel

MS- Access (Developing OPD & IPD Application Software)

MS-Power Point

Microsoft FrontPage

SPSS

Software Installation and Printing

Printers

Internet·         E-mail·         File Transfer·         FTP·         HTML

Outlook Express

Website

Web Designing

Web portal

The Basics of e-Commerce

Information technology

Data management

Data processing

Databank

Database

A Relational Database

Data mining

Data dredging

Information Technology Audit

Computer Networks

Types of networks: ·         Personal Area Network (PAN)·         Local Area Network (LAN)·         Campus Area Network (CAN)·         Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)·         Wide Area Network (WAN)·         Global Area Network (GAN)

Internetwork

Intranet

Extranets

ICANN

Voice telephony (VoIP)

Basic Hardware Components in Networking

Building a simple computer network

Network topology

Computer Virus

Antivirus software

Health informatics

Health Informatics Laws

eHealth

Electronic Health Record

Personal Health Records (PHR)

Continuity of Care Records (CCR)

Electronic Medical Record

Gero-informatics

Hospital information system (HIS)

DICOM

Hospital Management Software Features

Case Study: Towards Data Interoperability: Practical Issues in Terminology Implementation and Mapping

Case Study: Hospital Management System – XO Infotech Limited

Dictaphone

Telemedicine

Teleradiology

Telehealth

Video Conferencing

(PACS) Medical imaging

TWAIN

Windows Image Acquisition

Tele-ophthalmology

Case Study Tele health - Government of Northwest Territories, Canada

Case Study Teleradiology - Mobile Teleradiology in St. Josef Hospital Oberhausen, Germany

Case Study: Neuro Synaptics: A Multi-Parameter Medical Data Acquisition Unit for Telemedicine and Critical Care - ReMeDi™ - MDAU:

Case Study: Neuro Synaptics: A low-bandwidth comprehensive Telemedicine software for remote healthcare - ReMeDi™ - SOFT:

Case Study: Neuro Synaptics: A low-bandwidth comprehensive end-to-end Telemedicine solution for remote healthcare - ReMeDi™ - COMP

Computer Hardware Configuration in hospital

Application & Database Softwares requirement in any Hospital

Computer Hardware & Software Configuration in PHC & Dispensary

Abbreviations

Case Study – Calibration and Network QC software – RadiCS, Radinet RadinetPro

Case Study - ENR-Laboratory Interoperability and Connectivity Specification : California Health care Foundation

Case Study – Pilot Diabetescoach in Eindhoven

Paper – National Infrastructure for eHealth – Oracle Corporation

Presentation – Hospital Management Software – M/s. eHealth-Care

 Emphasis on:
• The course would give exposure to Hospital Management Software which would include IPD and OPD management, Prescription writing on computer, Wards, etc.
• The course would give Exposure to IT and Software usage in Laboratory, diagnostic tool, TWAIN and equipments
• The course would orient the learners in IT usage in Medical Research and analysis.
• Usage of IT in telemedicine and video-conference, etc.
• Recommendation for setting up of IT infrastructure in  Hospital/CHC/PHC/Dispensary with the required software and installations