Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Fall 2015
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HCIP 6396: Business Intelligence in Healthcare (3) Prerequisites: HCIP 6380: Introduction to Health Informatics; HCIP 6108: Decision Analysis; and HCIP 6102: Health Care Data Analysis. Business Intelligence is a collection of computer based techniques used to extract, identify and analyze data. Analytics is key in the transformation of the healthcare industry. Healthcare business intelligence can provide organizations with the ability to improve quality of care, increase financial efficiency and operational effectiveness, conduct innovative research, and satisfy regulatory requirements. Business Intelligence provides better access to information. It provides current and predictive views across the enterprise. Common functions of BI are reporting, data mining, analytical processing, knowledge management, and data visualization. Subjects covered in this course include elements of business intelligence, business analytics, data visualization, data mining, data warehousing, and business performance management. The course includes 3 credit lectures. (On demand)