Health Informatics (aka Medical Informatics, Biomedical Informatics, Clinical Informatics) is an umbrella term for a variety of careers. With growing opportunities for both techies and people persons, health informatics is promising career path. Health informatics has to do with all aspects of understanding and promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in health care. Health Informatics professionals are involved in switching all medical records to federally mandated electronic format. They can assist medical professionals to identify their information needs and develop a blueprint for programmers to implement.

Sub-disciplines of Health Informatics include:

• Clinical Informatics
• Consumer Health Informatics
• Population Health Informatics
• Nursing Informatics
• Clinical Research Informatics

Health Informatics - Bachelor of Science
This spcecialization is designed to prepare you to use technology to improve health care quality and lower costs. Course work covers such topics as electronic information systems management, information security, data integrity, and regulatory compliance. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing information technology specialist positions in hospitals, clinics, and health care systems.

Medical Informatics - Master of Science
The Medical Informatics Master of Science Degree program emphasizes the specific technical requirements of the profession without too narrowly training its students. Graduates will be able to understand and effect developments in the medical informatics field from a technical, theoretical, and managerial perspective. Students who complete the Master of Science degree in Medical Informatics can advance their careers in health informatics-related professions or move into new areas associated with biomedical informatics and healthcare information technology.

Healthcare Informatics - Certificate
This certificate program is designed for health care and nurse professionals interested in pursuing or advancing in careers associated with health care informatics and technology. Individuals with little or no background in Informatics receive an overview of informatics as it relates to delivery within a health care facility. The program is designed to provide the learner with current knowledge in concepts of health care informatics, systems life cycle, and data management. The 10 credit-bearing specialization is available as a certificate program for post-baccalaureate students.

Health Administration / Informatics - Master
This program specialization is designed for health care and nursing professionals interested in pursuing or advancing in careers associated with health care informatics and technology. Individuals with no background in informatics receive an overview of informatics as it relates to delivery within a health care facility. The program is designed to provide the learner with current knowledge in concepts of health care informatics, systems life cycle, and data management.