Health Informatics​

About Health Informatics​

Provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills in the fields of health and information management, which enable them to practice administrative work and supervise the work in various institutions efficiently / effectively and the preparation of national competencies and human cadres able to work in the field of administrative and technical in the health sector to meet the needs of the Libyan community of these competencies.

Developing cutting-edge health information systems to facilitate the provision of high-quality healthcare services and contribute to the development of innovative technological solutions for improving healthcare quality and ensuring its sustainability.

Providing exceptional education in the field of health informatics, with a focus on innovation and technological advancement to improve healthcare quality and ensure its sustainability. Encouraging students to develop innovative technological solutions to enhance healthcare services and promote advancement in this field.

  1. To develop advanced academic programs in health informatics that reflect the latest technological advancements and meet the needs of the job market.
  2. To promote scientific research in health informatics to develop innovative technological solutions that contribute to improving the quality of healthcare and increasing the efficiency of the health system.
  3. To provide students with practical training and learning opportunities through partnerships with healthcare institutions and IT companies to enhance their skills and prepare them for the job market.
  4. To encourage students to develop innovative research projects in health informatics to contribute to developing effective and sustainable solutions for improving healthcare services.
  5. To support a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation among students by creating spaces for collaborative work and interaction with industry to develop innovative technological solutions in the field of health informatics.

Program Competencies (Graduate competencies)

  • Lifelong learner, has ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated, the pursuit of knowledge.
  • Communicator: has the ability to convey information, ideas, or policy to individuals and the public.
  • Critical thinker, able to think clearly, rationally, reflectively, and independently, to understand the logical connections between ideas.
  • A researcher, conducts research, by organized and systematic methodology.
  • Technology user has the ability to utilize and keep up with new technologies.
  • Leader, proactive and effective in people towards the achievement of a specific goals and able to manage time effectively.
  • Information manager, collects and manages information from its sources and utilizes that information to solve problems.
  • working in the spirit of the team has the ability to work in a team that does not contradict and works independently.

Study Plan​

Courses Description

This course provides an overview of information technology. Topics such as computer hardware technologies, computer software technologies, managing data Sources and database technologies, communications and networking technologies, internet and world wide web technologies, information systems and their development, data representation and numbering systems, issues in information technology.

The course assumes no programming background and provides an overview of the program development process in addition to introducing important programming constructs. The course covers such topics as programming language characteristics, flowcharts, algorithms and pseudocode, integrated development environment (Visual Basic .Net), variables, operators, conditional statements, looping statements, and arrays.

Definition ,examples: Domain and Range, Graph, Linear, polynomial, logarithmic, exponential functions, trigonometric functions and their inverse, and hyperbolic .functions , Study of the derivative of the functions above without the use of the definition , normal line, speed, acceleration , Taylor and Maclurain Series , Integration of the functions that have been studied , Integration by parts, Integrations of partial fractions , Integration by completing square, Integration by trigonometric substitutions.

Grammar Tenses, Conditionals, conversations, Computers users, Computer architecture & Presentation.

This course aims to provide students with the Arabic language skills required to read texts in various fields, and the ability to understand and summarize them. The course also aims to train students in correct writing in terms of formulation, style, and composition.

This course is a continuation of the Programming I course, which concentrates on procedures, functions and basic principles and concepts of object-oriented programming using Visual Basic, Classes, interfaces, testing, debugging, inheritance, polymorphism, and event handling. Techniques for simplifying the programming process and improving code quality.

Matrix addition, scalar multiplication, transposition, and matrix multiplication. Special kind of square matrices, Expansion of determinants, properties of determinants, Matrices inverse. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, rank, order, Solution of first order differential equation (exact differential equations, separable differential equations, homogenous differential equations, Bernoli differential equations, Solutions using power series, solutions by Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Grammar present passive/ comparison, contracts, Modal verbs/ verbal, Computers applications & Presentation, Peripherals/ hospital management, Hospital management and hospital waste managements.

Introduction to telecommunications and networks, Top-down orientation relates networking technologies to organizational goals and needs, Data communications and Internet technologies and basic system performance analysis, TCP/IP, LANs, WANs, internetworking, and signals and communications media.

Role of probability and statistics in Information technology, Introduction to set’s, Operation on set’s, Introduction to probability, Probability laws, Discrete distributions, Continuous distributions, Descriptive statistics, Estimation, Inferences on the mean Comparing two samples, Simple linear regression, and correlation.

Number systems: Natural numbers, Radix r representation of integers, mathematical induction. Logic: Propositional logic, predicate logic, Boolean algebra; sets; recursion; relations, and functions, introduction to algorithms, elementary combinatorics and graph theory.

Interpersonal Communication is a skills course. It is intended to help students understand the importance of communication in all aspects of their academic and personal life. The method of instruction is problem-based learning, giving students the opportunity to be the center of the learning process. The very vital communication skills will be learned by the student through solving four problems that cover an introduction to the subject, the listening skill clusters, assertion skills and finally conflict management. The main aim of the course is to enable students to communicate effectively with their peers, faculty members, family members, friends and the society at large. It is a given that ineffective communication leads to all sorts of failed relationships at school, at work and even at home with parents, siblings, and children. The course will give students an added advantage by being able to develop and nurture flourishing relationships that not only help them to succeed in their endeavors but will also make their lives richer and more productive.

This course is important as it presents key principles and concepts of Software Engineering and gives a solid foundation for other courses in this area. The course covers the most important definitions and concepts in Software Engineering, software life cycle and processes, fundamentals, Software development from problem specification and requirements engineering through design, implementation, testing, and maintenance; introduction to rapid and extreme programming – fundamentals of modeling and design – fundamentals of project management, costing of software, change management and software quality assurance. Introduction to ethics and professional practice of Software Engineering, in a collective project on the software life cycle and using specialized software tools.

This course will introduce the topic of Information Systems (IS) and discuss how organizations use information systems to support a variety of tasks ranging from basic day to day activities to creating competitive advantage in the marketplace. Topics such as foundation of information systems, e-business, competitive advantage with information systems, IT infrastructure, communication and networks, information system development, databases and information management, improving decision making and managing knowledge, enterprise applications, securing information systems, ethical and social issues in information systems.

This course provides an introduction to basic electrical circuits, digital systems, and computers, Binary systems and codes, digital logic gates, circuits, and Boolean algebra, Microelectronics and integrated circuits, coding and multiplexing, Flip-flops, registers, counters, A/D converters, arithmetic, and arithmetic units. Microprogramming and instruction set and Input/Output.

Introduction to fundamental concepts of database management with the relational model. Schema design and refinement, query languages, transaction management, security, database application environments, physical data organization, an overview of query processing, physical design tuning.

This course explores issues about the nature and techniques of critical thought, viewed as a way to establish a reliable basis for our claims, beliefs, and attitudes about the world. We explore multiple perspectives, placing established facts, theories, and practices in tension with alternatives to see how could be otherwise. Views about observation and interpretation, reasoning and inference, valuing and judging, and the production of knowledge in its social context are considered. Special attention is given to translating what is learned into strategies, materials, and interventions for use in students’ own educational and professional settings.

Using visual basic forms and controls, user interface, predefined functions, input for fields, controls, and forms, object-oriented programming techniques to create classes, resolving syntax, run-time, and logic errors by using the debugger and structured exception handling. Enhancing the user interface by adding menus, status bars, and toolbars, connecting to databases with ADO.NET, Mapping objects to databases with ADO.NET Entity Framework, Integrating query into Visual Basic with LINQ. Building, packaging, and deploying an application.

Types of reports and models. The choice of topics. Formation of preliminary and final thesis statements and premises. Departmental case studies. Writing paraphrases and summaries. Preparation of report outlines. Evaluation of print & electronic sources. Bibliography. In-text & end-of-text citation: theory and practice. Quotations. APA format in academic reports. Report presentation in written. Revision and error-detection in academic and technical reports.

Understanding of the nature of database-management systems (DBMSs), including their structure, design, and evaluation, the relationship between DBMSs and the analysis of information systems in libraries and in business, the distinctions among flat-file systems, network systems, hierarchical systems, relational systems, and text-oriented systems. the process of normalization of relational databases, the role of the Structured Query Language (SQL) standards in the current and future development of DBMSs, and management and social issues such as database security and privacy.

This course will introduce the PHP scripting language. Students will download and install the Apache Web Server, PHP, and MySQL database. In addition, the PHP installation in the SIS labs will be utilized. The course will cover programming concepts, client-server architecture, database access, and XHTML/Cascading style sheets. Students will write a full-scale web application as their final project.

This course provides an introduction to research methods and designs relevant to information technology. The course will focus on an introduction to various research designs including experimental and non-experimental, as well as quantitative and qualitative research methods. In addition, the course will focus on providing a practical understanding of several statistical tools used in research. The emphasis will be on knowing when to use the various tests, what they measure, and how to interpret results.

Students are required to engage in a eight-weeks site experience at health organization facilities to develop their IT and management skills. A technical report summarizing the skills and knowledge acquired during the period is required at the end of the work.

This course is the first part of a two-part course of a project in one of health informatics fields. Students begin with the introductory works such as library research, definition of requirements, collection and analysis of data, site survey for the assigned topic to the student. Students are required to submit a progress report at the end of the course period.

This course is mainly designed to prepare IT students with project management skills needed to better manage IT projects. Built along the IT project management lifecycle, this course covers detailed topics of the basic concepts of IT project management, including initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing projects. The course also shows how IT projects should be managed, from beginning to post-implementation review. The students who take this course will improve their management skills and abilities to define the project scope, create a workable project plan, and manage within the budget and schedule. This course is mainly designed to prepare IT students with project management skills needed to better manage IT projects. Built along the IT project management lifecycle, this course covers detailed topics of the basic concepts of IT project management, including initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing projects. The course also shows how IT projects should be managed, from beginning to post-implementation review. The students who take this course will improve their management skills and abilities to define the project scope, create a workable project plan, and manage within the budget and schedule.

This course is a continuation of the course “64142: IT Capstone Project I”. It is designed to assimilate and integrate knowledge and skills gained from previous courses and field experiences. It focuses on key issues impacting the management of today’s Software Engineering field and explores how those issues impact the delivery of solutions. The goals of the course are to provide a solid foundation for applying managerial knowledge as it relates to field of health informatics. Students in this course will demonstrate the ability to express state-of-the-art knowledge about health informatics industry as well as identify and strategically manage these systems in a manner that will support and enhance quality delivery of software solutions. Students are required to prepare their final report and presentation of total work of “64142: IT Capstone Project I and 64242: IT Capstone Project II” with oral examination

Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web; the concept of e-Business, e-Commerce and e-Marketplaces; e-Commerce models and applications; e-Commerce support services; Internet marketing and advertising; e-Supply chains; legal, ethical and social issues in e-Commerce; e-Commerce security; e-Business planning and analysis; building e-Commerce application and infrastructure.

This course is concerned with the development of applications on mobile computing platforms. Android will be used as a basis for teaching programming techniques and design patterns related to the development of standalone applications and mobile interfaces to enterprise and cloud systems. Emphasis is placed on the processes, tools, and frameworks required to develop applications for current and emerging mobile computing devices. You should work at all stages of the software development life cycle from inception through to implementation and testing. In doing so, you will be required to consider the impact of user characteristics, device capabilities, networking and cloud infrastructure, and deployment environment, in order to develop software capable of meeting the requirements of stakeholders.

The course covers Big Data Fundamentals, including the characteristics of Big Data, the sources Big Data (such as social media, sensor data, and geospatial data), as well as the challenges imposed around information management, data analytics, privacy, and security, as well as platforms and architectures. Emphasis will be given to non-relational databases by examining techniques for storing and processing large volumes of structured and unstructured data, streaming data as well as complex analytics on them. Data warehouses will also be presented as a solution to handling big data and business intelligence applications.

Data Mining studies algorithms and computational paradigms that allow computers to find patterns and regularities in databases, perform prediction and forecasting and generally improve their performance through interaction with data. It is currently regarded as the key elements of a more general process called Knowledge Discovery that deals with extracting useful knowledge from raw data. The knowledge discovery process includes data selection, cleaning, coding, using different statistical and machine learning techniques, and visualization of the generated structures. The course will cover all these issues and will illustrate the whole process by examples. Special emphasis will be given to the Machine Learning methods as they provide real knowledge discovery tools. Important related technologies, as data warehousing and on-line analytical processing (OLAP) will be also discussed. The students will use recent Data Mining software. Enrollment in this course is limited to 15 students.

A systems approach to the language of medicine, including the analysis and utilization of
word roots, combining forms, prefixes, suffixes, and medical terms; emphasis on written
and spoken medical vocabulary.
This course covers disease etiology and organ system involvement, including physical
signs and symptoms, prognoses, and common complications and their management. As
well as the study of anatomical, physiological, and pathological terms, clinical procedures,
abbreviations, and lab tests according to systems of the body.
Upon completion, students should be able to relate disease processes to etiology,
physical signs and symptoms, prognosis, and common complications and their
management.

Electronic health records (EHRs) capture patients’ health information, such as
medical history, allergies, laboratory test results, radiology images, and payment
in an electronic form that enables clinicians and other providers to access and
share the information across medical specialties or facilities.
This course prepares students to understand and use electronic records in a
medical setting. It introduces students to current frameworks for the
implementation and management of electronic health information using common
electronic data interchange systems.
Students will develop the skills and knowledge needed to address the medical,
legal, sanction and regulatory requirements of electronic health records systems

This course covers maintenance, compilation, analysis, and presentation of
healthcare statistics and research protocols and techniques. Topics include
basic statistical principles, indices, databases, registries, vital statistics,
descriptive statistics, research protocol monitoring, Institutional Review Board
processes, and knowledge-based research techniques.
Upon completion, students should be able to apply, interpret, and present
healthcare statistics and utilize research techniques to gather and interpret
healthcare data

This course focuses on leadership and strategic management for healthcare facilities,
evaluates organizational ethics and Managerial functions; analyzes individual
interpersonal skills and professional and personal goals, and the management of human
resources.

Public health is defined as the science of protecting the safety and improving the health
of communities through education, policy making and research for disease and injury
prevention. This course will cover the following topics: epidemiology, communicable
and non-communicable diseases, mental health and physical disability, occupational
health, environmental health, nutrition, and health education. Studying all of these
topics will build an enough background about the basic principles of public health
which are of the need to the health informatics professional.

This course will study the strategic application of information technology in healthcare
organizations. The course will focus on the challenges facing the health care informatics
administration with respect to organizational structure, alignment with enterprise
strategy, portfolio management, and regulatory compliance.
In addition, the course will look at how the application of IT can transform healthcare
delivery in the current environment.
This course includes topics of define the basic concept and theories related to the
strategic application of IT in healthcare organization, and define the steps for
implementing complex information systems in complex healthcare organization.

This course will provide the details of healthcare information technology
standards and interoperability and provides foundation in healthcare
standardization related to: clinical vocabularies, data messaging, architectural
framework, data content, and the meaningful use of electronic health record
systems (EHRs).
The course explores the role of healthcare standards in supporting interoperability,
patient care, research, and the practice of evidence-based medicine. International
standards of development efforts are also discussed.

Understand the human-computer interaction (HCI) and how
advances in HCI can be applied to improve problematic aspects of
health information technology related to the complex interaction
between human and machine.

An introduction to health information systems as tools for decision making and
communication in healthcare. This course builds on prior knowledge of systems theory
and utilizes change theory and information processing theory to analyze, manage and
evaluate healthcare information. Emphasis is also on the ability to utilize information
systems in the delivery of patient care and the exploration of the variety of tools available
to assist in the analysis of quality care.

Legal and ethical issues surrounding ownership, privacy, data security, the use (or misuse)
of decision support systems, accountability, as well as legal and regulatory compliance
are central to debate surrounding health informatics and these issues have an impact on
the requirements, design, implementation, and evolution of these systems. This course
introduces students to the ethical, legal, and regulatory issues relevant to the use of
information technology in healthcare and learn to develop solutions that address key
legal and ethical challenges germane to health informatics.

Topics include such things as protection of patient information, intellectual property,
professional ethics and responsibilities, and regulatory issues that impact the
management of electronic health information. Upon completion, students should be able
to apply policies and procedures for access and disclosure of Protected Health
Information and apply and promote ethical standards.

Legal and ethical issues surrounding ownership, privacy, data security, the use (or misuse)
of decision support systems, accountability, as well as legal and regulatory compliance
are central to debate surrounding health informatics and these issues have an impact on
the requirements, design, implementation, and evolution of these systems. This course
covers legislative and regulatory processes, legal terminology, and professional-related
and practice-related ethical issues.
Topics include confidentiality; release of information policies, informed consent and
procedures; and professional-related and practice-related ethical issues. Treatment of
ethical and moral issues will emphasize the understanding of diverse viewpoints and
methods for resolving conflicting moral obligations. Concerns arising from potential
conflicts between legal and moral obligations are investigated.
Upon completion, students should be able to apply policies and procedures for access
and disclosure of Protected Health Information and apply and promote ethical standards.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of quality management principles and problem-solving techniques as applied to the healthcare industry. Students will develop a deep understanding of quality assurance, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and total quality management (TQM) concepts. The course emphasizes practical application through case studies, group projects, and hands-on exercises. Students will learn to identify quality issues, analyze root causes, and implement effective solutions to enhance patient care, operational efficiency, and organizational performance.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of public health principles and the fundamentals of epidemiology. Students will gain a solid understanding of the determinants of health, the core functions of public health, and the epidemiological methods used to study and control diseases. The course emphasizes the application of public health concepts to address contemporary health challenges.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and practices of organization and management specifically within the healthcare sector. Students will explore the unique challenges and opportunities of managing healthcare facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and long-term care centers. The curriculum covers a range of topics from strategic planning and human resource management to quality improvement and financial oversight, all tailored to the healthcare context.

Program Institutional Values

We aim to be at the forefront of advancements in health informatics by encouraging scientific research and developing innovative solutions that contribute to improving the quality of healthcare.

We are committed to providing high-quality education that meets international standards, building students’ cognitive and practical capabilities, and equipping them with the skills necessary to keep pace with the rapid changes in the healthcare field.

We believe in the importance of teamwork and partnerships with healthcare institutions, the local community, and the private sector to enhance the exchange of knowledge and expertise and develop practical solutions that serve the community.

Integrity, transparency, and accountability are fundamental pillars. We adhere to professional ethics, maintain patient confidentiality, and ensure the safe and responsible use of technology.

The field of health informatics is constantly evolving. Therefore, we are committed to continuous learning and self-development, and we encourage program members to regularly update their knowledge and skills.

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