This unit introduces key concepts and skills required in the emerging Health Informatics domain including: Australian and International healthcare data representation and interchange standards; health care data modelling including patient journey modelling; overview of health information systems with a focus on decision support and clinical systems; telehealth and communication technologies; and electronic health records.

Building on material covered in Programming Fundamentals this unit introduces students to the basics of developing interactive and dynamic web applications from both the client and server perspective. The unit covers web site design, web site development, web page accessibility and usability, XHTML, CSS, client side and server side scripting, database interaction, web site promotion (SEO), legal issues and web security.

This unit exposes students to the processes and techniques of the development of e-Health applications. It extends the students knowledge of Health Informatics by introducing concepts relating to electronic communications within the Health Industry. Areas include the Electronic Health Record Standards, Security, Privacy and Trust together with TeleHealth and TeleMedicine approaches, methodologies, tools and techniques.

The IEEE Services Computing Community defines Services Computing as a “crossdiscipline that covers the science and technology of bridging the gap between Business Services and IT Services. The leading edge technology includes Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA), business consulting methodology and utilities, business process modelling, transformation and integration. The goal of Services Computing is to enable IT services and computing technology to perform business services more efficiently and effectively.” (https://www.ieeecommunities.org/services). In this unit students will learn the concepts underpinning the services computing paradigm as detailed above, and will learn, through the development of practical examples, how to utilise them within a healthcare context.