Spring 2027

Introduction to Pharmacy Informatics

Introductory course on pharmacy informatics covering systems approaches to medication-related data acquisition, storage, analysis, and dissemination for patient care.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Daniel Ruhland

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.75 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define the basic terminology used in health informatics

  • Describe the benefits and current constraints in using information and communication technology in healthcare

  • Identify the reasons for the systemic processing of data, information, and knowledge in healthcare

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in the Doctor of Pharmacy program

  • Declared in the Doctor of Pharmacy program
PHMPRAC 468

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  • Declared in the Doctor of Pharmacy program

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.75 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DANIEL RUHLAND is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.75 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Systems approach to medication-related data and information (acquisition, storage, analysis, dissemination)
  • Delivery of optimal medication-related patient care and health outcomes
  • Basic terminology used in health informatics
  • Benefits and current constraints of information and communication technology in healthcare

Skills

  • Defining basic terminology used in health informatics
  • Describing benefits and current constraints of using information and communication technology in healthcare
  • Identifying reasons for systemic processing of data, information, and knowledge in healthcare

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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PHMPRAC 468 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Pharmacy Informatics

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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