Join the next generation of healthcare leaders with Health Informatics. Using patient data, electronic medical records and health IT, you’ll shape the future of healthcare and clinical systems in the Information Age.
Dedicated to the acquisition, analysis and meaningful use of patient data, health informatics is commanding attention for its ability to deliver new information systems and technologies – advances that result in higher quality healthcare at lower cost.
It’s a field with immeasurable value and a bright future. Healthcare systems and other employers look to health informatics graduates to fill key roles making decisions and setting policy. And with $19 billion invested in health information development and implementation, career prospects are rising even higher.
From addressing the privacy and security concerns of e-records, to reducing healthcare disparities between demographic groups, to even designing personalized medicines, health informatics is your ticket to what’s happening now in healthcare and information technology.
The School of Informatics and Computing offers Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Health Informatics--along with graduate certificate programs in Clinical Informatics, Informatics for Public Health Professionals, Health Information Management and Exchange, Health Information Security and Health Information Systems Architecture.
Last updated: 02/07/2014