COURSE CODE: 8338

Health Informatics

SCED Code: 14157
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: HOSA
Non-Traditional?: F

Students will have the opportunity to explore the importance of safeguarding electronic healthcare information. Students will be introduced to the various technologies and trends that affect the healthcare industry. Students will explore aspects of health informatics to include the history of health information technology (IT) in the United States, the Electronic Health Record (EHR), ethical and privacy issues, and cybersecurity and data breaches.

Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Health Informatics
  • Bioinformatics Technician
  • Health Information Specialist
  • Health Information Technician
  • Medical Information Technologist
  • Medical, Health Services Manager
Support Services
  • Data Entry Specialist
  • Records Processing Assistant

Pathway Occupation
Information Support and Services
  • Records Processing Assistant

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