6.872/HST.950 Medical Computing
Spring 2002

1 Feb. 5 Introduction: Nature of Modern Medicine and Medical Practice Peter  
2 Feb. 7 Nature of Medical Data Peter  
3 Feb. 12 Workflow and Decision Support Zak  
4 Feb. 14 Computing Support for the Enterprise John Glaser  
  Feb. 19 NO CLASS--Monday schedule of classes because of Presidents' Day    
5 Feb. 21 Patient Identification Peter  
6 Feb. 26 Data Gathering, documentation and presentation Zak  
7 Feb. 28 Integration and data sharing or medical data for quality improvement John Halamka  
8 Mar. 5 Diagnosis, standards, codification Peter  
9 Mar. 7 Treatment, care-plans, protocols Lucila  
10 Mar. 12 Orders Lucila  
11 Mar. 14 Reducing errors by affecting decisions at order entry David Bates  
12 Mar. 19 Patient data confidentiality and security Peter  
13 Mar. 21 Countering Bio-Terrorism Ken Mandl  
  Mar. 26 & 28 MIT Spring Break    
14 Apr. 2 Decision analysis and decision support Peter  
15 Apr. 4 Expert systems Peter  
16 Apr. 9 Monitoring of care Peter  
17 Apr. 11 Telemedicine Hamish Fraser  
  Apr. 16 Patriots Day Vacation    
18 Apr. 18 Genetic Medicine I Zak  
19 Apr. 23 Genetic Medicine II Zak  
20 Apr. 25 Genetic Medicine III Zak  
21 Apr. 30 Genetic Medicine IV Zak  
22 May 2 Genetic Medicine V Zak  
23 May 7 Genetic Medicine VI Zak  
24 May 9 Student Presentations    
25 May 14 Student Presentations    
26 May 16 Student Presentations