HIN-706 Systems Analysis and Design Syllabus 20150105

Medical University of South Carolina
College of Health Professions

Division of Health Informatics
Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) Program
HIN-706-01
Systems Analysis & Design
Syllabus
Spring 2016
Instructor Contact Information
Instructor: Mark S. Daniels
Faculty Office: 200J HOT
Office Phone: (843) 792-6001
Office Hours:
Course Information
Credit Hours: 3
Semester: Spring 2016
Prerequisites: HIN-706 Introduction to
Health Care Information Systems
Course Status: Required
Class Meets: Online, no set times
By appointment
Fax Number: (843) 792-8319

E-Mail: danielsm@musc.edu
Teaching Assistant: None
Texts and Course Resources
Readings will be assigned from the following 2 texts and instructor provided material.
Both of the texts are available on-line via the MUSC Library (see links below).
There is no need to purchase the text book.
Guide to Software Development, Designing and Managing the Life Cycle
Authors: Arthur M. Langer
ISBN: 978-1-4471-2299-9 (Print) 978-1-4471-2300-2 (Online)
Link: http://link.springer.com.ezproxy-v.musc.edu/book/10.1007/978-1-4471-2300-2
Requirements Engineering for Digital Health

Editors: Samuel A. Fricker, Christoph Thmmler, Anastasius Gavras
ISBN: 978-3-319-09797-8 (Print) 978-3-319-09798-5 (Online)
Link: http://link.springer.com.ezproxy-v.musc.edu/book/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5
Course Description
This course provides the student with a fundamental understanding of the systems life
cycle, and key processes involved in the analysis, design, implementation, evaluation
and ongoing maintenance and support of health care information systems. Students
participate in a hypothetical system selection and implementation process and gain
experience in defining system requirements, evaluating vendor products, negotiating
contracts and project management. Students also gain experience in mapping clinical
workflow and process improvement, and in optimizing the use of health IT to facilitate
patient care and improve efficiency. Additionally, students will study different methods
for assessing the value of health IT investments.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Appraise why system analysis and design methods are important
2. Discuss pros and cons of various methodologies and practices
3. Demonstrate the assessment of clinical/operational needs
4. Evaluate, understand, and improve workflows and processes
5. Define scope/system requirements analysis
6. Buy vs build evaluation
7. Vendor product evaluation/competitor analysis
8. Product design and development best practices
9. Resources and effort estimation
10. Architecture design (hardware and software)
11. Logical design/data modelling (ER diagrams)
12. Data acquisition, interface design, UI/UX best practices
13. Testing and evaluation (user satisfaction, ROI, usability, focus group,
outcomes)
14. Effectively lead health information system selection, implementation, and
evaluation projects.
15. Evaluate and optimize workflow and design efficient systems and processes.
16. Effectively manage health IT staff and project teams.
17. Describe and discuss the specifics of IT project management
18. Apply skills in project management fundamentals such as planning,
scheduling, resource allocation and management
19. Demonstrate hands-on skills in the use of project management software /
tools
20. Work effectively with health IT vendors and business associates including
health information exchange organizations.
21. Communicate effectively with systems designers, programmers, network

engineers, and other technical personnel as well as clinicians and health care
administrators.
Honor Policy
Students are expected to abide by the MUSC Honor Code. Work submitted must be
original, reflect the students individual effort, and be completed for the specific purpose
of fulfilling the assignments for this particular course.
Evaluation of Course Requirement:
It is a requirement of the Medical University and the College of Health
Professions that each student complete an on-line evaluation of this course. An
e-mail will be sent to your MUSC e-mail account 2 weeks prior to the end of the
course providing you with a link to the on-line course evaluation. The evaluation
is short and should only take a few minutes of your time. We expect your
participation as a mechanism to ensure that we continue to improve the
educational quality of every course and program in the College of Health
Professions. We appreciate your efforts to keep all comments constructive and
professional. Please be assured that all student input is completely
confidential. There is no mechanism to track comments or scores back to a
particular student. Faculty and program directors will only receive a summary of
the scores and a summary of the typed comments.
Instructors Policies:
On-line AttendanceSince this is an online course, students may review the
narrated slide presentations when they see fit. It is advised that students watch the
presentations on the week they are delivered to avoid missing information needed for
online discussions, exercises, quizzes, and short papers.
Late AssignmentsLate assignments are generally not accepted unless prior
arrangements and approval have been given. Points may be deducted for work
submitted late.
Course CommunicationStudents are to submit all course assignments to the
instructor via the Moodle system.
Quizzes / Exams All quizzes and exams will be delivered online. Students will have
approximately 5-7 days to take the quiz and will have 1 hour to complete it once started.
Online Discussions If online discussions are assigned, we will use the Moodle
system. Class participation will be assessed by participation in online discussions. All
discussion comments should be thoughtful and constructive. Comments should be
based on the students opinion, but should be backed up by information from the text,
ancillary readings and personal research. Comments in online discussions should be
the students original work. Supporting statements taken direct from other sources
should be credited appropriately.
Weekly Topics
Week 1 Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design

o Course overview and plan
Week 2 Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
o Software Development vs System Implementation
Week 3 Introduction to IT Project Management
o High Level Introduction
Week 4 Introduction to Requirements Gathering and Analysis
o Nice to Have or Must have / Desired or Required
o Build vs Buy
o Vendor product evaluation/ competitor analysis
o RFP, RFQ
Week 5 Data and Process Modeling
o Unified Modeling Language (UML)
o Use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, data flow diagrams
Week 6 Agile Methodologies
o Project Governance
o Agile Methods
Week 7 Introduction to Design
o Patterns
o Art vs Science / Engineering
o Best practices
Week 8 System Architecture Design
o More Patterns
o Hardware and software
o Environments, Platforms, Frameworks
Week 9 Clinical Workflow
o Understanding and improving clinical and other workflows and processes
o A living document
o Current state & Future State
Week 10 User Interface Design
o User Interface (UI) design
o User experience (UX) design
o User data acquisition
Week 11 Project Management
o Planning, scheduling, resource allocation
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o Gantt charts
o Estimation and management
o Implementation
o Best practices
Week 13 Evaluation
o Testing
o User satisfaction
o ROI
o Reuse
o Lessons Learned
o Ongoing maintenance
Week 15 Final Assessment
Teaching/Learning Methods Used
Lectures
Bulletin board class discussions
Hypothetical system selection / Design
Case studies
Student presentation critiques
Guest presenters
Methods of Evaluation
1. Student participation in class discussions (10%)frequency and quality of
contributions, degree of engagement, etc.
2. Hypothetical system selection / design project (60%) (50% written
deliverables, 10% presentation) individual work, submitted work potential
analysis, design, and project management deliverables:
- Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements & weighting
- Use case diagrams
- System architecture/ UI mockup
- Project management plan
and also a presentation recorded and uploaded to the course Web site
3. Final exam (30%) test individual students understanding of key concepts

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Fax Number: (843) 792-8319

Requirements Engineering for Digital Health

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