This six-week course is designed to enable students to recognize structural and functional network design in a healthcare framework. Students will define the reliability, redundancies, security, and fault tolerance of a healthcare network and the components of a network. In addition, they will state a healthcare network’s step-by-step design, development, documentation, and evaluation process.

Demonstrate knowledge of Network Maps, diagrams, and symbols.

Explain system arcature and its effects on lifecycle, security, and interoperability.

Identify the different requirements of information for analyzing and designing network integration or expansion of healthcare information systems.

Examine the characteristics of a healthcare system’s design and expansion.

Demonstrate knowledge of software and hardware tools that aid in implementing and testing healthcare network integration.

Examine and apply key cyber security measures to safely process medical HIPPA data.