Lecture Schedule 2012

Session Date Class Title Instructor Material
Week 1 (1st hour) September 7 Introduction: State of Play…
the US Healthcare System and Information in 2012
Scott Young, MD None
Week 1 (2nd hour) September 7 Information is personal: How does information affect me? Scott Young, MD None
Week 2 (1st hour) September 14 How do people get information about healthcare?: Idea Exchange, Communication, Health Reform and Health Policy Nancy Taylor Per Instructor
Week 2 (2nd hour) September 14 How do people get information about healthcare?: Health Information and the media Per Instructor
Week 3 (1st hour) September 21 How do people get information about healthcare?: Quality data, data accuracy, and how to interpret it all Young / Guest Per Instructor
Week 3 (2nd hour) September 21 How do people get information about healthcare?: Disruptive technologies for connecting individuals with health providers [e.g. Castlight, ZocDoc] Guest Per Instructor
Week 4 (1st hour) September 28 EHR/PHR/EMR: What’s the point of a digitized health record and who owns it? Sean Hennessey Per Instructor
Week 4 (2nd hour) September 28 Health on the Net: PHRs, EHRs and thou… Anna-Lisa Silvestre (tbc) Per Instructor
Week 5 (1st hour) October 5 Take Two Twitter and Call Me in the Morning – Social Media and Gamification Ted Eytan, MD (tbc) Per Instructor
Week 5 (2nd hour) October 5 mHealth: What happens when health information goes mobile? Guest Per Instructor
Week 6 (1st hour) October 12 Your data and your health: Data exchange for better care Wolf Per Instructor
Week 6 (2nd hour) October 12 BIG…BIG…BIG Data – Implications for the future Wolf Per Instructor
Week 7 (1st hour) October 19 How do integrated systems and would-be integrators use information to improve health and healthcare? Guest Per Instructor
Week 7 (2nd hour) October 19 Health Decision Support for You: Making Choices Guest Per Instructor
Week 8 (1st hour) October 26 Wrap up and Virtual Project Show Scott Young, MD None