--- title: Learning about Health Informatics description: Learning about Health Informatics --- [![EHR Tutor](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/hs-fs/hubfs/60pixelslogo.png?width=60&height=60&name=60pixelslogo.png "EHR Tutor")](http://design-assets.hubspot.com/vast/homepage) [EHR Tutor](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/blog) [![Login](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/1638078/5ea2e84d-531b-4787-a804-a27e1fcd1669.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/1638078/5ea2e84d-531b-4787-a804-a27e1fcd1669) # EHR Tutor Blog ## [Learning about Health Informatics](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/2014/01/08/learning-about-health-informatics) Jan 8, 2014 11:00:00 AM / by [user](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/author/user) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) With the advent of Electronic Health Records, the entire medical profession is suddenly being confronted with a unique set of questions, problems and concerns. Want to know what it all means? We found this great, free course on [Coursera](http://www.coursera.org/) offered by the Georgia Institute of Technology for anyone who might be interested: [Health Informatics in the Cloud.](https://www.coursera.org/course/healthinformatics) Here's the description posted on Coursera: *This course is intended to help even non-technically trained students gain basic proficiency in health informatics: the application of computing to healthcare delivery, public health and community-based clinical research. This is distinct from the related field of bioinformatics, which explores the role of computing in understanding the genomic and proteomic processes within cells. Weeks 1-2 cover the US healthcare delivery system's unique structural, economic and policy issues and how they create a potentially strategic role for health informatics. Week 3-5 explain at a high level the core technologies involved in contemporary health informatics. Weeks 6-8 explore how these technologies are being deployed using some of the best commercial and open source products as examples. Weeks 9-10 present the technologies that have been developed to explore the digital data provided by these new systems with several examples of cutting edge research using "big data". As the course progresses, students can, optionally, also read the appropriate draft chapters of the instructor’s forthcoming text, An Introduction to Contemporary Health Informatics. * Topics: [electronic medical records](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/topic/electronic-medical-records), [continuing education](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/topic/continuing-education), [coursera](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/topic/coursera), [electronic health records](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/topic/electronic-health-records), [free resources](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/topic/free-resources), [MOOC](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/topic/mooc) #### Written by [user](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/author/user) ### Subscribe to Email Updates - Recent - Popular - Categories ### Lists by Topic - [nursing education (69)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/nursing-education) - [EHR Tutor (50)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/ehr-tutor) - [academic EHR (45)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/academic-ehr) - [academic EMR (37)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/academic-emr) - [teaching idea (37)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/teaching-idea) - [EHR (34)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/ehr) - [electronic health records (34)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/electronic-health-records) - [electronic medical records (34)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/electronic-medical-records) - [free resources (31)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/free-resources) - [EMR (30)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/emr) - [tools for nursing instructors (30)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/tools-for-nursing-instructors) - [Nursing Students (21)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/nursing-students) - [health science education (21)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/health-science-education) - [Uncategorized (19)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/uncategorized) - [nursing (19)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/nursing) - [Medical Assistant (17)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/medical-assistant) - [webinar (15)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/webinar) - [simulation (14)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/simulation) - [CNA (13)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/cna) - [medication administration (10)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/medication-administration) - [infographic (9)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/infographic) - [patient scenario (9)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/patient-scenario) - [video (9)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/video) - [Diane Yeager (8)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/diane-yeager) - [Funny (8)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/funny) - [Nurse Practitioner (8)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/nurse-practitioner) - [continuing education (8)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/continuing-education) - [freenursetutor (7)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/freenursetutor) - [Paramedic (6)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/paramedic) - [classroom (6)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/classroom) - [guest post (5)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/guest-post) - [medical terminology (5)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/medical-terminology) - [EMS (4)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/ems) - [EMT (4)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/emt) - [academic EHR vs. regular EHR (4)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/academic-ehr-vs-regular-ehr) - [links (4)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/links) - [CTE (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/cte) - [MOOC (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/mooc) - [SImulation study (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/simulation-study) - [barcode scanning (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/barcode-scanning) - [clinical rotations (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/clinical-rotations) - [coursera (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/coursera) - [freenursetutor.com (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/freenursetutor-com) - [google apps (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/google-apps) - [google apps for education (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/google-apps-for-education) - [math (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/math) - [publicity (3)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/publicity) - [billing and coding (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/billing-and-coding) - [common core (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/common-core) - [concept map (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/concept-map) - [concept maps (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/concept-maps) - [learning games (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/learning-games) - [medication cart (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/medication-cart) - [medication dispenser cabinet (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/medication-dispenser-cabinet) - [michael robellard (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/michael-robellard) - [physician's assistant (2)](https://blog.ehrtutor.com/tag/physicians-assistant) - [F.A. 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