Jose Florez-Arango is an educator, clinician, and researcher at the Weill Cornell Medical College. His work includes an emphasis in health informatics and emergency, disasters and pre-hospital care. Dr. Florez-Arango is focused on user-centered design of decision-support systems. He has extensive experience with the adaptation of low cost technologies to be used in healthcare. Dr. Florez-Arango holds an MD in Medicine and an MS in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Antioquia, and a PhD in Health Information and Medical Records Administration from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Designing Digital Healthcare ToolsCornell Course
Course Overview
Artificial intelligence is influenced by various human factors. In this course, you will delve into the human elements that affect the design, implementation, and evaluation of tools in the healthcare industry. You'll examine how to apply user-centered and participatory design theory to potential solutions in healthcare, including the FAVES principles: fairness, appropriateness, validity, effectiveness, and safety. You'll discover how to create and assess a design based on a real-life problem, equipping you with the skills to translate theory into practice. You'll also explore how human factors impact different aspects of artificial intelligence and discover how to incorporate these considerations when designing a healthcare product or service related to digital health.
You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course:
- Machine Learning in Healthcare
- Data Management in Healthcare
- Natural Language Processing in Healthcare
Key Course Takeaways
- Explore and apply human factors related to digital health
- Apply design theory to solutions in healthcare
- Evaluate usability and acceptability in digital health
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Who Should Enroll
- Data scientists
- Medical and health services managers
- Database and IT data architects
- Data engineers
- Digital transformation managers
- Clinicians with experience in informatics
- Biomedical and clinical informatics fellows
- Aspiring medical database managers or administrators
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