PAM 5641 - Big Data in Healthcare

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: PAM 2350 or equivalent, and PAM 5690 or PAM 3100. Field trip fees: approximately $100 for dinner costs (breakfast and lunch provided); approximately $250 for lodging (for non-Sloan students). Bus transportation provided for all students. Enrollment limited to: second year Sloan students or permission of instructor. Field trip component takes place in Boston, MA.

Z. Aragosa.

This course provides students with a hands-on understanding of how to make the best use of thedata available within a healthcare setting to improve patient care, healthcare operations and overallhealthcare system. Students will be expected to complete case studies and hands on analysis withhealthcare data. Throughout the course students will learn basic and intermediate SQL conceptsand methods. The course will be taught through a combination of lectures, guest speakers, cases,hands-on assignments and a two-day intensive ‘health IT trek’.

Outcome 1: Become familiar with fundamental concepts of how to define, measure and evaluate the quality ofmedical care.

Outcome 2: Gained an understanding of the role of policies, management strategies, and health IT in facilitatingQuality Improvement (QI).

Outcome 3: Developed a general understanding of organizational issues involved in performing QI and common barriers to the effective deployment of policy, management strategies and health IT.

Outcome 4: Improve your skills in problem solving, succinct verbal and written communication, and working with others in diverse groups.

Outcome 5: Gained knowledge about organizational behaviors and their impact on QI effectiveness.