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Healthcare Systems, HMIS and Medical Ethics

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Analyze medical ethics, healthcare policies, and infection control practices.

  • Evaluate healthcare information systems, EMR, HMIS, and telemedicine applications.

  • Interpret hospital statistics and health insurance structures for decision-making.

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May 2026

Assessments

28 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Healthcare and Hospital Management Specialization
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There are 7 modules in this course

Learn how modern healthcare systems use ethics, digital technologies, information systems, and statistics to improve healthcare delivery and decision-making. Build practical knowledge of medical ethics, HIS, HMIS, telemedicine, EMR, health insurance, infection control, and hospital statistics.

This course provides a structured introduction to the ethical, technological, and analytical foundations of healthcare management. You’ll begin by exploring medical ethics, ethical theories, and professional codes that guide responsible decision-making in clinical and administrative healthcare settings. As the course progresses, you’ll examine Hospital Information Systems, Health Management Information Systems, telemedicine, electronic medical records, and digital healthcare tools that support efficient healthcare operations and better patient services. The course also introduces health insurance systems and explains how insurance models improve financial protection and healthcare access. You’ll further explore infection control practices, hospital-acquired infections, surveillance systems, and hand hygiene methods essential for patient safety. The final sections focus on hospital statistics and the use of healthcare data for planning, performance evaluation, and management decisions. What makes this course unique is its integrated approach to healthcare ethics, information systems, digital health, insurance, infection control, and statistics. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to analyze healthcare systems, interpret hospital data, evaluate healthcare technologies, and support informed decisions in healthcare administration and public health environments.

This module introduces the fundamental concepts of medical ethics in healthcare, including ethical principles, ethical theories, and professional codes that guide responsible medical decision-making. Learners explore why ethics is critical in clinical practice and how ethical frameworks support patient-centered healthcare.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosβ€’Total 54 minutes
  • Introduction To Medical Ethicsβ€’13 minutes
  • Need To Discuss Medical Ethicsβ€’5 minutes
  • Ethical Code And Theoriesβ€’9 minutes
  • Ethical Code And Theoriesβ€’9 minutes
  • Aims Of Hmisβ€’11 minutes
  • Healthcare Information Systemβ€’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Understanding Medical Ethicsβ€’10 minutes
  • Ethical Frameworks in Healthcareβ€’10 minutes
  • Ethics and Information Systemsβ€’10 minutes
  • Graded - Foundations of Medical Ethicsβ€’30 minutes

This module explores the structure and functions of Hospital Information Systems (HIS), including hospital community structures, categories of healthcare information, and models used for managing hospital data. Learners understand how information systems support efficient hospital operations and decision-making.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosβ€’Total 58 minutes
  • Structure of Hospital Communityβ€’10 minutes
  • Categories of Informationβ€’8 minutes
  • Models of HISβ€’9 minutes
  • Evolution of telemedicineβ€’10 minutes
  • Introduction to telemedicineβ€’9 minutes
  • Types of telemedicineβ€’12 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Hospital Community and Information Flowβ€’10 minutes
  • Understanding HIS Modelsβ€’10 minutes
  • Foundations of Telemedicineβ€’10 minutes
  • Graded - Hospital Information Systems Essentialsβ€’30 minutes

This module examines the development and role of telemedicine in modern healthcare, including its evolution, types of telemedicine services, and the role of government policies in supporting digital healthcare initiatives.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosβ€’Total 54 minutes
  • Role of government in telemedicineβ€’11 minutes
  • INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL RECORDSβ€’8 minutes
  • ADVANTAGES OF EMRβ€’8 minutes
  • EMR SYSTEM SELECTIONβ€’11 minutes
  • NEED OF EMRβ€’10 minutes
  • CURRENT SCENARIO OF EMRβ€’6 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Governance and Policy in Telemedicineβ€’10 minutes
  • Electronic Medical Records Overviewβ€’10 minutes
  • EMR Implementation and Needsβ€’10 minutes
  • Graded - Telemedicine and Digital Healthcareβ€’30 minutes

This module introduces Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) and their role in healthcare administration. Learners explore how HMIS supports healthcare data collection, health system organization, and information management in rural and community healthcare settings.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosβ€’Total 58 minutes
  • Definition of HMISβ€’9 minutes
  • Health system organizationβ€’10 minutes
  • Rural health HMISβ€’11 minutes
  • Angamwadi HMISβ€’11 minutes
  • Introduction to health insurance (hi)β€’8 minutes
  • HI scenarioβ€’10 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Understanding HMIS Foundationsβ€’10 minutes
  • HMIS in Rural Healthcareβ€’10 minutes
  • Introduction to Health Insuranceβ€’10 minutes
  • Graded - Health Management Information Systemsβ€’30 minutes

This module introduces the concept of health insurance, including its history, forms, approaches, and private health insurance models. Learners explore how insurance systems provide financial protection and improve access to healthcare services.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosβ€’Total 45 minutes
  • History of HIβ€’9 minutes
  • Forms of HIβ€’10 minutes
  • Approach to HIβ€’6 minutes
  • PRIVATE HI part_1β€’7 minutes
  • PRIVATE HI part_2β€’6 minutes
  • KEY CONCEPTS HIβ€’6 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Evolution of Health Insuranceβ€’10 minutes
  • Approaches to Health Insuranceβ€’10 minutes
  • Private Health Insurance Modelsβ€’10 minutes
  • Graded - Health Insurance Systems and Conceptsβ€’30 minutes

This module focuses on infection prevention and control in hospitals, including hospital-acquired infections, sources of infection, cross infections, surveillance systems, and hand hygiene practices essential for maintaining patient safety.

What's included

7 videos4 assignments

7 videosβ€’Total 54 minutes
  • Introduction to hospital acquired infectionsβ€’11 minutes
  • Sources of infectionβ€’8 minutes
  • Cross infectionsβ€’11 minutes
  • Surveillanceβ€’5 minutes
  • Surveillance continuedβ€’5 minutes
  • Hand Hygieneβ€’12 minutes
  • Hand Hygiene continuedβ€’3 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Understanding Hospital Acquired Infectionsβ€’10 minutes
  • Preventing Cross Infectionsβ€’10 minutes
  • Surveillance and Hygiene Practicesβ€’10 minutes
  • Graded - Infection Control in Hospitalsβ€’30 minutes

This module introduces the role of statistics in healthcare management, covering applications of hospital statistics, data analysis in healthcare systems, and the importance of statistical information for improving healthcare planning and performance evaluation.

What's included

8 videos4 assignments

8 videosβ€’Total 76 minutes
  • More on Cross infectionβ€’9 minutes
  • Introduction to hospital statisticsβ€’11 minutes
  • Applications of statisticsβ€’6 minutes
  • Applications of statistics continuedβ€’10 minutes
  • Uses of statisticsβ€’12 minutes
  • HIS uses in statisticsβ€’7 minutes
  • Importance of statisticsβ€’9 minutes
  • Importance of statistics continuedβ€’13 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Infection Monitoring and Controlβ€’10 minutes
  • Statistical Applications in Healthcareβ€’10 minutes
  • Data-Driven Healthcare Managementβ€’10 minutes
  • Graded - Hospital Statistics and Data Useβ€’30 minutes

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