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About Capella University Online

Capella Faculty
Capella University seeks out scholar-practitioners who combine top academic credentials with working experience in the fields they teach. Each faculty member receives specialized training in Capella's distinctive approach to online learning. Our more than 1,000 faculty members live across the United States and in several other countries.

Capella Staff
From the moment you ask your first question, to the day you receive your diploma, and through every career move, proud accomplishment, and networking need for the rest of your life, count us among your strongest allies and proudest supporters.

Over 1,090 strong, the Capella staff includes enrollment counselors, learner support associates, financial specialists, events and communications professionals, technology experts, and many other behind-the-scenes people with one purpose: To provide the foundation for a stellar educational experience.

• Business Administraton
• Counseling Studies
• Criminal Justice
• Education
• Education Leadership
• Emergency Management
• Finance
• Graphics and Multimedia
• Health Care Management
• Health Information Management
• Information Security
• Information Technology Education
• Psychology

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Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).

The Health Informatics specialization of the Information Technology BS Degree program is designed to prepare students to use technology to improve health care quality and lower health care costs. Course work covers such topics as electronic information system 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.

• IT3006 - Communication Strategies for the Information Technology Professional *
• IT3120 - Fundamentals of Project Management
• IT3160 - Ethical and Human Side of Information Technology
• IT3200 - Enterprise Architecture
• IT3300 - Human-Computer Interaction*
• IT3310 - Hardware and Operating Systems Architecture*
• IT3340 - Fundamentals of Software Architecture*
• IT3350 - Network and Security Architecture*
*Received the 2007 Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Practice Award.

• IT4610 - Anatomical and Medical Terminology
• IT4620 - Managing Data in Multiple System Environments*
• IT4630 - Statistical Analysis for Health Care*
• IT4640 - Electronic Health Records/Clinical Systems*
• IT4650 - Decision Support/Quality Management*
• IT4660 - Information Security and Privacy in Health Care*
• IT4670 - Health Care Organization and Management*
* These courses have prerequisites

• Choose 39 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses. The School of Undergraduate Studies recommends that 18 of these credits be earned through undergraduate technology courses.

• IT4990 - Integrated Action Learning Project

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This MBA health care management specialization is designed to strengthen the management and business skills you need to function effectively within the health care industry. The curriculum, designed using guidelines outlined by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, includes a thorough study of health care strategic and financial management, health care policy analysis, and legal and ethical considerations within the industry. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing mid-level management or executive positions in the health care industry or in organizations serving the health care industry.

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This online health care administration master's program can make it more possible to earn this credential while continuing to work in the field. The specialization covers a wide range of health care management topics, including managed care, policy, law, finance, quality improvement and other course work designed to enhance your ability to successfully guide and strengthen the delivery of health services to consumers. People who choose this specialization are often health care professionals who wish to pursue management or director positions in a variety of health care settings.

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This online health care administration doctorate includes advanced research and course work in analysis, strategic planning, organizational change, ethics, law, and quality improvement, focused on the health care field. People who choose this specialization are often experienced health care professionals or managers who seek higher education faculty positions or high-level leadership or consulting positions in a variety of private and public health care settings.

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