IN5090 – Health data and decision-making

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

A wealth of individual and public health data is generated and captured digitally. How can this abundance of data be utilized in the health sector and what is the role of novel digital technologies in actualizing health data in decision-making? The course provides students with socio-technical and organizational perspectives on data and data driven decision making in health care organization. The course gives a research-based understanding of how data is made available and used in clinical, logistical, coordinative, administrative, strategic, and research practices. This includes how data is shared and reused across functions, departments, and health care organizations, and how people work with data to make it relevant to their contexts.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, you

  • Have an overview of information needs in the health sector and the main sources of health data
  • Have an understanding of health information sharing needs and challenges within and between health care organizations and contexts
  • Can demonstrate familiarity with specific health data standards and their role in integration of health data
  • Demonstrate familiarity with theories and concepts relevant to understand information use practices in organization
  • Can analyze and identify opportunities and challenges for utilizing data driven decision making, including AI tools, in the health sector
  • Can discuss and problematize data driven restructuring and process improvement in health care organizations
  • Can describe and discuss legal, regulatory and ethical issues relevant to digitalization and data driven decision-making in health care organizations, including security, privacy and confidentiality

Admission to the course

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.

Capacity limit: 40

If the number of enrolled students is higher than 40 they will be ranked as followed:

  1. Master students in the?Digitalization in the Health Sector master programme
  2. Master students at the Department of Informatics who has the course approved in their study plan
  3. Others