Health Informatics Concentration

The 36 credit MS in Healthcare Management with a concentration in Health Informatics is made up of 6 core courses and 6 elective courses. Courses can be completed 100% online. 

The concentration in Health Informatics focuses on electronic medical-health related data that is generated and stored across healthcare systems. This course of study connects information technology with its clinical application in regard to the management, planning and delivery of health care services.

Curriculum is focused on topics such as: electronic information systems and application issues; data collection and analysis; program design, implementation and management; delivery of the system to the patient; and how clinical components of patients are managed and structured in the electronic health record (EHR).

Upon completion of this degree graduates will be eligible to apply to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS: http://www.himss.org ) in order to take the certifying exam to become a “Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems” (CPHIMS).

THE SIX REQUIRED COURSES ARE: ADS521, HCM500, HCM502, HCM503, HCM511, HCM512

THE SIX ELECTIVE COURSES CAN BE CHOSEN FROM THE REMAINING COURSES LISTED BELOW: ADS522, ADS523, ADS637, HCM501, HCM510, HCM513, HCM515, HCM520, HCM521, HCM522, HCM523, CIM634, INF656, NUR515

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