BOOKS OF RtfiDIfGS - PAHO/WHO

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11. Regional Planning - location of a network of
12. Emergency Medical Services - information systems;
simulation of EMS systems; evaluation of paramedic performance.
13. Health Economic Analyses and Models
14. Measuring the Effectiveness of Care
f. Information Systems and the Evaluation of Quality of
Health
This 30 hour course is directed towards health services
administrators and planners. It presents an overview of the use
of information and data processing technology for control and
utilization for administration and planning of health systems.
1. Origin, nature and utilization of information in
health systems; medical documentation; administrative records.
2. Information for decision processes; importance
and objectives of educating health personnel in informatics.
3. Objectives of the users of information; functional
levels; levels of centralization or distribution of information
systems; impact of information on organizations.
tration and planning.
4.'Needs of administratorsJ information for adminis-
5. Systems analysis; project, role of systems analysis;
planning and control of projects; collection and distribution of
data; process for implementation of information systems.
6. Computers and automation: basic concepts, electronic
data pisc:essing; files and logical structures;, data banks; com-
puters and their components; data processing centers.
7. Options in data processing: centralized, decen-
tralized, and distributed systems.