INF-3795, Fall 2006

Welcome to the homepage for the INF-3795 course
Last updated: 20.11.2006

Lecturer: Per Hasvold
Responsible for course: Gunnar Hartvigsen

NEWS (20.11.2006): The lecture presentation of Johan Gustav Bellika for tomorrows lectures can be downloaded here.  

NEWS (05.11.2006): 

NOTE #1: I have revised the portfolio assignment for the Mobile Backup On-Call Services project and deleted the deliverable for Part 2.  Download here.

NOTE#2: For the lectures on Tuesday Gustav has provided these two papers for reading: Paper1 Paper2

NEWS (01.11.2006): The new assignment on the Mobile Backup On-Call Services - project can be downloaded here.

NEWS (20.10.2006):  The deadline for the second portfolio assignment has been extended to Friday 27th October at 12 o'clock.

NEWS (18.10.2006): You can find the slides from Ellen's presentation here (PowerPoint in Norwegian).

NEWS (27.09.2006): On October 17 Leif Erik Nohr and Ellen Christiansen will present some legal issues and challenges related to telemedicine, e-health and health informatics.  

NEWS (26.09.2006): Please download and read the IMIA Code of Ethics (http://www.imia.org/English_code_of_ethics.html) for the lectures today.  You can find the complimentary handbook here.

NEWS (25.09.2006): 

NOTE #1: The lecture on Tuesday 14. November 2006 is moved to Wednesday 15th 12:15-15:00, to accomodate the needs of TLM3020.

NOTE #2:  The First Portfolio Assignment is due today, but as some of you have had problems with the cases to get hold of the necessary information I am extending the hand-in time:  We MUST have the first portfolio assignments in by Wednesday 08:00 (send it to Per)!

NEWS (19.09.2006): Here is an example of a document describing a standard for messages in healthcare by KITH.  It will be discussed in the lectures Tuesday 19.09.2006.  http://www.kith.no/templates/kith_WebPage____1013.aspx

NEWS (10.09.2006): There will be a slight change in the lecture plan to include a group project that we will work  out together.  The project is to provide a way for a physician to call the "physician on call" and transfer a video stream. Telenor R&D and UiTø will provide us with some 3G phones, cameras, and a set of Sony Glasstron head-up displays for the project.  There will be a chance to continnue this project next term as a Master Thesis project for one or two students.  

NEWS (06.09.2006): Eirik Årsands proposals for master thesis/capstone projects can be downloaded here (PDF).

An overview of the themes and the Portfolio Assignments can be downloaded here (PDF).
More details on presentation assignments and other practical stuff can be found here. 

First attendance: Tuesday 22.08.2006 09:15, the Research Park I.
Time*: (Week 35: Tuesday 09:15 - 10:00 and Thursday 13:15 - 15:00)
Tuesdays 11:15 - 14:00
Place: Research Park I, Teaching Room II
*NOTE: New times starting from week 36: Tuesdays 11:15 - 14:00

Literature:
"Advanced Health Telematics and Telemedicine"
Bernd Blobel and Peter Pharow (Editors)
IOS Press, 2003


NEW (06.09.2006): Papers:

R. Haux, E. Ammenwerth, W. Herzog, and P. Knaup, "Health care in the information society. A prognosis for the year 2013," International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 66, pp. 3-21, 2002.

C. Safran, "Health care in the information society," International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 66, pp. 23-24, 2002.

J. Grimson and W. Grimson, "Health care in the information society: evolution or revolution?," International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 66, pp. 25-29, 2002.

M. Berg, "Patients and professionals in the information society: what might keep us awake in 2013," International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 66, pp. 31-37, 2002.

M. Stefanelli, "The role of methodologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery processes for the year 2013," International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 66, pp. 39-44, 2002.

J. S. Silva and M. J. Ball, "Prognosis for year 2013," International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 66, pp. 45-49, 2002.


A. Bakker, "Health care and ICT, partnership is a must," International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 66, pp. 51-57, 2002.


Recommended reading (not compulsory):
"Health Information Management - Integrating information technology in health care work"
Marc Berg
Routledge (Routledge Health Management Series), 2004