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Below is a list of readings, background and questions associated with each of the lab sessions. See the readings section for readings associated with each lecture session. You may also download a pdf version of the complete bibliography of all readings for both the lab and lecture sessions.


SES #	TUTORIAL / PRACTICUM TOPICS	READINGS / ASSIGNMENTS


1	Project Description & Overview	Summary This session will provide an overview of the tutorial component of the course, describing student responsibilities. Most importantly, this session will provide students with examples of the scope and depth of their final projects. Educational Objectives After completing this tutorial session the student will have an understanding of the tutorial requirements, in terms of what is expected of them and how their performance will be assessed. Self-assessment Questions 1. Do you have a project in mind? 2. If so, what type of collaborators do you need? For example, if your background is medical, then collaborators with experience in law, computer science, or public health may be required. Required Readings Betz, F. Managing Technological Innovation. New York: John Wiley, 1998, Chap. 1 and 5 (pp. 1-18, 73-91). Harris, N. "Your Career Matters: Unemployed Dot-Commers Face Tough Job Market (New Economy Executives Face Longer Searches in Tough Market)." Wall Street Journal (Jan. 30, 2001) at B1.


2	Event Diagramming	Summary The software and methodology of event diagramming will be presented, as it relates to stakeholder analysis. Educational Objectives After completing this tutorial session the student will be able to use event diagramming to depict stakeholder analysis. Self-assessment Questions 1. What is the advantage of using event diagramming? Required Readings Max-able Medical Clinic. President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard Business School Publishing, 1974, pp. 1-21. Freeman, R. E. Strategic Management - A Stakeholder Approach. Boston: Pitman, 1984, pp. 1-27, 91-123. Porter, M. E. Competitive Strategy - Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors. New York: The Free Press, 1980, Introduction and Chap. 1 (pp. xiii-xx, 1-33). Recommended Readings The Wilkerson Group. Integrated Health Care: Pharmaceutical Company Roles In a Seamless System of Care. March 1995, pp. 88-101. "Object Domain Systems, Object Domain Tutorial: Drawing Components." Users Guide. Sept. 1996, pp. 1-19. Coats, M., and T. Mellon. "Constructing Operational Specifications." Dr. Dobb's Journal (June 1995): 18-33.


3	Wireless Networks: A Stakeholder Analysis	Educational Objectives After completing this tutorial session the student will be able to help identify important stakeholder champions driving the use of wireless technologies within health care. Additional objectives will be to provide an understanding of the status of wireless web access in the U.S. and abroad, the limiting factors in the move to pervasive computing, and the potential effect ubiquitous computing will have on the practice of medicine. Self-assessment Questions 1. Why the interest in wireless? 2. Who are the key stakeholders driving the use of wireless? 3. What legislative hurdles must be overcome? 4. What technologies are making wireless practical? Required Readings Bergeron, B. P. "Using the Web to Improve Health Care." Advance for Health Information Executives. 1997. ------. "Serving Physician Information Needs." Advance for Health Information Executives. 1998. ------. "To Err is Inevitable." e.MD. ------. "How to Detect Vaporware." Advance for Health Information Executives. 1999. ------. The Wireless Web: How to Develop and Execute a Winning Wireless Strategy. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001, excerpt from chap. 7 (pp. 179-193).


4	Alchemy: Changing ITT into $$$; Marketing Strategies and Analytic Methods Review	Summary Information technology has traditionally been viewed as a cost of doing business - an expense - on the hospital CEO's ledger. In the modern business of medicine, IT is now viewed as a way to contain costs, control, capture, and categorize the flow of information, and more directly contain the practice of medicine. However, the economic viability of clinical IT is still questioned by most hospital administrators because of changing standards, a variety of legal hurdles, and the volatility of the marketplace. Educational Objectives After completing this tutorial session the student will be able to self-evaluate the ROI for using clinical IT based upon stakeholder and marketing analysis. Additionally the tutorial will provide students the framework for evaluating the features and characteristics of clinical environments that can benefit from an investment in clinical IT. Self-assessment Questions 1. What are some examples of consumer health informatics sites that are of benefit to the patient, clinician, and payer? Who pays? 2. How can these sites be a threat to a clinician? Required Readings PatientExpress. Pp. 1-2. Radiology.com page. Note on Marketing Strategy (9-598-061). Harvard Business School Publishing, 1997, pp.1-16. Going to Market (N9-5999-078). Harvard Business School Publishing, 1999, pp. 1-10. Integrated Marketing Communications (N9-599-087). Harvard Business School Publishing, 1999, pp. 1-14. Product Policy (9-585-022). Harvard Business School Publishing, 1984, pp. 1-7. Note on Low-Tech Marketing Math (N9-599-011). Harvard Business School Publishing, 1998, pp. 1-9. Bergeron, B. P. "The RFP: a Multi-purpose Change Agent." Advance for Health Information Executives. 1999. ------. "Hot Technologies for 2000 and Beyond." Advance for Health Information Executives. 2000.


5	No Tutorial


6	Debate/Exercise


7	No Tutorial


8	No Tutorial


9	Case Study 2


10	No Tutorial


11	Project Team Meeting 2


12	Project Team Meeting 3


13	No Tutorial


14	No Tutorial