In this path we will explore The US Federal Government Branch and Information Privacy. We will also cover US healthcare privacy related laws and privacy compliance including HIPAA, HITECH, GINA and more. … [Read more...] about Fundamental Privacy Acts and Laws
Health Informatics
Foundations of mining non-structured medical data
The goal of this course is to understand the foundations of Big Data and the data that is being generated in the health domain and how the use of technology would help to integrate and exploit all those data to extract meaningful information that can be later used in different sectors of the health domain from physicians to management, from patients to caregivers, etc. The … [Read more...] about Foundations of mining non-structured medical data
Introduction to Social Determinants of Health
This first of five courses introduces students to the social determinants of health, and provides an overview of the definitions and theoretical perspectives that will form the foundation of this specialization. The topics of this course include: 1. Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health 2. Theoretical Perspectives and Knowledge Complexity 3. Data Driven … [Read more...] about Introduction to Social Determinants of Health
Deep learning in Electronic Health Records – CDSS 2
Overview of the main principles of Deep Learning along with common architectures. Formulate the problem for time-series classification and apply it to vital signals such as ECG. Applying this methods in Electronic Health Records is challenging due to the missing values and the heterogeneity in EHR, which include both continuous, ordinal and categorical … [Read more...] about Deep learning in Electronic Health Records – CDSS 2
Predictive Modeling and Transforming Clinical Practice
This course teaches you the fundamentals of transforming clinical practice using predictive models. This course examines specific challenges and methods of clinical implementation, that clinical data scientists must be aware of when developing their predictive models. … [Read more...] about Predictive Modeling and Transforming Clinical Practice