Princeton University Computer Science Department

Computer Science 495 Special Topics in CS: Medical Informatics  C. William Hanson M.D. Schedule and Readings

Spring 2005

General Information | Schedule and Readings | Assignments

Text: 

Clinical Information Systems: A Component Based Approach. R. Van de Velde and Patrice Degoulet eds. Springer-Verlag 2003

Supplementary texts:

	Healthcare Information Systems. ed. Davidson. Auerbach Publications
	Telemedicine: National Academy Press
	Networking Health: National Academy Press
	For the Record: National Academy Press
	The Computer Based Patient Record: National Academy Press
	The Visual Display of Quantitative Information: Edward Tufte
	Envisioning Information: Edward Tufte
	Visual Explanations: Edward Tufte

Lecture schedule

	January 31- Introduction   ppt pdf
	February 2 - Challenger Data Visualization/Medical Errors ppt pdf
	February 7 - History of Computing in Medicine ppt pdf
	February 9  - History of Computing in Medicine (cont)/ Networks in Medicine ppt pdf (Chapters 1 and 2)
	February 14 - Wall assignment # 1
	February 16 - Networks in Medicine
	February 21 - Confidentiality ppt pdf (Chapter 9)
	February 23 - Confidentiality (cont)
	February 28 - Computers, Medicine and the Law ppt pdf
	February 29 - Universal Medical Record
	March 2 - Universal Medical Record (cont)
	March 7 - Telemedicine and Home Based Care - Dr. Justin Starren: Columbia University pdf
	March 9 - Universal Medical Record (cont)
	March 14 - Spring break
	March 16 - Spring break
	March 21 - Universal Medical Record (cont)/PDA ppt pdf
	March 23 – Midterm questions
	March 28 - AI/Data mining ppt pdf
	March 30 - Bioinformatics - Dr. Olga Troyanskaya: Princeton University
	April 4 – HIPAA (bring laptops) - Dr. Mark Weiner: University of Pa.
	April 6 – Computers and Medical Education/ Computers and the Internet ppt pdf
	April11 - Clinical Decision Support - Dr. Randy Miller: Vanderbilt University
	April 13 - Physician Order Entry - Dr. Donald Rucker: Siemens Medical
	April 18 – Class field trip
	April 20 - Computers and Medical Education
	April 25 - Wall assignment # 2 (visualization)
	April 27 - in class presentations (Beyer, Chen, Gottman, Harrow, Ibrahim, Okome, Olson)

N.B. Schedule subject to revision