Instructions for Using the Display Wall

Course Grade: Wall assignments (10% each), Midterm (30%), Final Project (50%)

Wall Assignment #1 - Home Health Network on the display wall

    The assignment is to create a picture of what a home health interface or architecture might look like. There are no correct answers. The "palette" is the display wall (6000Hx3000V) pixels. Solutions may include pictures, devices, layouts, interfaces etc. The class on Tues will be used to review and discuss each of the images.

Wall Assignment #2 - Data Visualization assignment

    This assignment is to create a visualization of medical data. Again, no correct answers. There are any number of Data Visualization resources around: http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/ or http://www.amiravis.com/examples/

Midterm

    The midterm will cover only the material presented in class prior to the exam. The schedule page has suggested readings from the text. The format of the exam will be a mix of standardized questions (multiple choice, brief essay). The exam will be held in class on the appointed day, and should take approximately one hour.

Final Project (functional web-based CPR)

    required elements as follows

1. authorization/authentication layer (HIPAA compliant)
2. patient list
3. individual patient encounter data
4. image display (pathology slides, xrays, mpgs)
5. vital signs
6. lab data
7. show trending in some format
8. history and physical
9. decision support
10. data input page (progress notes)
11. plan page
12. read/write functionality
13. no more than 3 layers deep (below authentication layer)