Health Data and Informatics

Clinical data, coding and analysis across a health service.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 Where health data comes from
2. 1.2 Administrative, clinical and patient-generated data
3. 1.3 What health data can, and cannot, answer
4. 1.4 The informatics workforce
1. 2.1 Clinical terminologies and classifications
2. 2.2 Common data models
3. 2.3 Exchange standards in outline
4. 2.4 Metadata and data dictionaries
1. 3.1 Extracting from clinical systems
2. 3.2 Cleaning and validating
3. 3.3 Linking records across sources
4. 3.4 Deidentification and pseudonymisation
1. 4.1 Describing a clinical population
2. 4.2 Risk adjustment and case mix
3. 4.3 Time to event analysis
4. 4.4 Predictive modelling in health
1. 5.1 Dashboards clinicians will actually open
2. 5.2 Visualising clinical variation
3. 5.3 Communicating uncertainty to decision makers
4. 5.4 Reporting against targets honestly
1. 6.1 Lawful bases for using health data
2. 6.2 Information governance frameworks
3. 6.3 Public trust and social licence
4. 6.4 Consent models and opt-outs
1. 7.1 Where machine learning is actually being used
2. 7.2 Validation, bias and equity
3. 7.3 Regulating clinical algorithms
4. 7.4 Deploying and monitoring a model safely
1. 8.1 Defining a question with clinicians
2. 8.2 Documenting definitions and logic
3. 8.3 Reproducible analysis
4. 8.4 Building data capability in a service

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Depth beyond your coursework Pitched above taught content, for research, leadership and the work that follows the degree.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

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