Health Informatics

Course Overview

Position yourself to help lead the transformation of healthcare! The fast-growing field of health informatics is receiving considerable attention as part of the reorganization of healthcare delivery in the United States. And, in as little as one year, you can be among the first generation of professionals trained to provide this expertise. According to the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) , health informatics jobs are surging as healthcare providers throughout the country seek experts who can help them comply with new government mandates to create shareable electronic health records. Financial penalties are scheduled to take effect in 2015 for Medicare and Medicaid providers who do not make the transition. Being an expert with a health informatics degree puts you in high demand, since a master's in health informatics is currently the highest level of informatics training and education obtainable. Learn From a Top-Tier Medical School 100% Online, Health informatics is a great field for technically savvy individuals who want to work in the healthcare industry. And when it comes to stepping into the future of healthcare, who can prepare you better than a top-tier medical school? USF Health's Morsani College of Medicine is the only medical school in the country to offer a Master of Science in Health Informatics 100% online. Earning your degree from a prestigious medical school means learning from faculty medical professionals and information technology experts who already work in a healthcare environment. USF Health's graduate programs in health informatics feature streamed video learning and a vibrant interactive community that includes live chat rooms, visual whiteboards, instructor-hosted discussion boards, social networking and more. Downloadable MP3 and MP4 lectures offer you anytime, anywhere learning that works with your busy schedule, so learning never has to interfere with your work or family life. What You'll Learn, USF Health's Master of Science in Health Informatics addresses both clinical informatics and health information systems informatics, with a focus on the integration and interoperability of technology. Courses provide broad technical skills as well as the organizational competencies needed for senior-level positions. Students will learn how to: Acquire, store and interpret information of interest to healthcare professionals. Manage data via relational database systems and the structured query language (SQL) and understand data warehousing, online analytic processing, data quality issues, emerging cloud databases and data mining techniques. Integrate electronic medical records with patient care and provide a higher quality of care through better management and availability of medical information. Develop and assess the tools used to represent medical data. Assess the functions, limitations, opportunities and challenges of information technology in the healthcare environment. Define medical language and classification systems. Comply with laws and regulations applicable to managing patient information. Consider the ethical issues that can arise during the delivery of healthcare using e-medicine models. Where Your Degree Can Take You, Upon completing the Master of Science in Health Informatics degree program, you will have the skills needed to enter senior-level positions such as: Chief Information Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer, HIM Director, Clinical Data Analyst, Health Data/Information Resource Manager, Health Information System Application Designer, Compliance Officer, IT Consultant

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