The Health Informatics Building Blocks (HIBBs) Program was designed to build workforce capacity in resource constrained environments to plan, develop, manage, and use health information and communications technology (HICT) applications, with the goal of improving the delivery of health care. With an initial focus on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the Program worked with local partners to develop, implement, and evaluate training resources for distance and face-to-face learning on HICT topics. The Global Health Informatics Partnership (GHIP), the umbrella organization for global programs at the AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), managed the HIBBs Program. The Rockefeller Foundation provided financial support for the HIBBs Program.
Local instructors can integrate HIBBs into a training program or curriculum by using the HIBB as is or by adapting it to meet local training needs. Alternatively, a HIBB module can be a stand-alone learning object for use by individuals as part of a distance learning program. To aid users in determining which HIBBs will meet their needs, the HIBBs project developed a framework that links the content in HIBB modules to HICT competency and curricular needs.
HIBBs modules were developed in collaboration with experts who were active in the delivery of health information and communication technology (HICT) training in sub-Saharan Africa. Each of these modules is an open educational resource designed to teach concepts related to current practices in health informatics and communications technology. To be considered a HIBB the material must be an open education learning module intended to be used in a low resource setting.
Fundamental Skills
- Information Retrieval: Access to Knowledge-Based Resources
Introduction to Informatics
- Introduction to Medical Informatics
- An Introduction to Medical Informatics Slides with instructor notes
- An Introduction to Medical Informatics Slides/Lecture Video. Click here to download the "READ ME" file
- An Introduction to Medical Informatics Audio Only
- An Introduction to Medical Informatics Video 1
- An Introduction to Medical Informatics Video 2
- An Introduction to Medical Informatics Video 3
- An Introduction to Medical Informatics Video 4
- An Introduction to Medical Informatics Video 5
- Detailed Specifications
- Health Informatics Terminologies
- Health Informatics Terminologies: an Introduction Slides
- Health Informatics Terminologies: an Introduction Slides with Voiceover. Click here to download the "READ ME" file
- Health Informatics Terminologies: an Introduction Audio Only
- Health Informatics Terminologies: an Introduction Transcript
- Detailed Specifications
Health Information Systems
- Introduction to Electronic Medical Records
- An Introduction to Electronic Medical Records Slides with Instructor notes
- An Introduction to Electronic Medical Records Slides with Synchronized Lecture. Click here to download the "READ ME" file
- An Introduction to Electronic Medical Records Audio Only
- An Introduction to Electronic Medical Records Video Part 1
- An Introduction to Electronic Medical Records Video Part 2
- Detailed Specifications
- Routine Health Information Systems
- EMR Implementation Considerations
Ethics & Legal Issues
- Ethics and Integrity in Data Use and Management
- Ethics and Integrity in Data Use and Management Slides and Audio
- Ethics and Integrity in Data Use and Management Audio
- Ethics and Integrity in Data Use and Management Slides with Audio
- Ethics and Integrity in Data Use and Management Mobile Phone
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Detailed Specifications
- Data Management Ethics Resources
- Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
- Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Lecture Slides and Audio
- Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Lecture Audio
- Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Slides
- Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Slide Handout
- Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Transcript
- References
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Acronyms
- Detailed Specifications
Data Quality
- Data Quality: Out of Range Values
- Data Quality: Missing Data
- Data Quality: Data Cleaning
- Data Quality: Introduction to Form Design
Research
- Preparing Research Datasets
- Introduction to Bioinformatics
Leadership & Management
- Managing Change in Healthcare IT Implementations
Training Tools
- Game-based Assessment Quiz Template