AHL 819 - Working in Teams

.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn about the different types to Health Information Technology (HIT) teams and the purpose and functions of their members. Topics to be covered included the stages of team development, integration techniques, leadership and tools for collaboration, barriers to success, and life cycle of HIT teams.

Course Objectives:

1. identify the stages of team development and how they relate to electronic health records (EHR) implementation;
2. explain how collaboration and leadership can influence the effectiveness of a team;
3. identify barriers to the success of a team and develop a plan on how to deal with them; and
4. examine the natural life cycle of an EHR team.