Diploma in Health Informatics

Course Overview

Health Informatics is the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspect of healthcare and medicine

Curriculum

Programme Outline 

Year 1 Semester 1

1. Introduction to Health Informatics
2. The Development of Health Informatics
3. Information Technologies
4. Communication Technologies in Healthcare
5. Computer-aided Learning

Year 1 Semester 2

1. Information Processing in Healthcare
2. Artificial Intelligence
3. Healthcare Delivery System
4. Health Information System & Issues
5. Organizational Effectiveness in Health Industry

Year 1 Semester 3 (Mini Semester)

1. Malaysian Studies
2. Pengajian Islam / Pengajian Moral
3. Bahasa Kebangsaan A / B
4. English

Year 2 Semester 1

1. Coding, Classification, Standards & Modeling in Healthcare
2. Database for Health Informatics
3. Statistics
4. Organising Workplace Information
5. Health Information: Its Flow & Its Use I

Year 2 Semester 2

1. Health Information : Its Flow & Its Use II
2. System Analysis and Design
3. Client Server Computing
4. Administration & Management

Year 2 Semester 3

1. Health Informatics in Practice I

Year 3 Semester 1

1. Ethics & the Internet
2. Computer-based Patient Records
3. Telematics in Healthcare
4. Health Informatics in Practice II
5. Effective Workplace Relationship

Year 3 Semester 2

1. Information Project Management
2. Research in Health Informatics
3. Management & Leadership for Health Informatics
4. Organisational Image in the Community

Year 3 Semester 3

1. Health Informatics in Practice II

Entry Requirements

Career Prospects

• Government and private sector hospitals
• Public Health Informatics
• Dental Informatics
• Nursing Informatics
• Chemical Informatics
• Bioinformatics