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Overview
Health Informatics (HI) uses information technology along with information management concepts and methods in the delivery of healthcare. An effective HI professional needs to understand the relationship between information technology, people, health, and the healthcare ecosystem. They must be able to effectively communicate with practitioners, administrators, and IT professionals and understand the needs and constraints of all sides.
Northeastern University is offering a professional interdisciplinary Master of Science degree in Health Informatics (MS in HI) to respond to a critical shortage in health informatics professionals in New England and in the nation. This degree program draws on the technical expertise from the College of Computer and Information Science, as well as from the knowledge and practices of health professionals from the Bouvé College of Health Sciences.
The Interdisciplinary Master of Science Degree in Health Informatics is a non-thesis master's degree program teaching students the ability to use HI related technology and to facilitate better communication between health providers and IT professionals to improve the outcome and the delivery of healthcare. Students are provided with an understanding of the health care system plus a conceptual understanding of the science and the methodology for health informatics.
Graduates of the program are expected to have the skills to take a leadership role in the needs analysis, system design and analysis, product specification and product management, software QA, systems setup and implementation, training, maintenance, and customer support of healthcare information systems. Likely employers are health systems, hospitals, physician groups and outpatient facilities, health related software companies, HMOs, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, CROs and government.
Read the Admissions Requirements. (non navigable page 1 below)
Visit the Health Informatics Web site.
Curriculum
The Master of Science degree program in Health Informatics is designed to:
- To provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the role of information in the health care setting.
- To provide students with a sound basis for developing, implementing, maintaining, and managing information resources and systems in healthcare organizations.
- To provide students skills in the management of biomedical information, technology, and decision-making.
The program may be pursued on a full or part time basis. The curriculum requires a mix of core and elective courses, culminating in a capstone project and a 1-credit precepted internship for students without experience in a health care setting. The internship may be waived for students with demonstrated practical experience.
All candidates must complete the core of 24 semester hours and 12 hours of electives plus a 1 credit precepted internship and a 3 semester hour capstone project. A GPS of 3.0 or better is required for matriculation.
Read the curriculum on the Health Informatics Web site.
Experiential Learning
All students will complete a precepted internship and work on a capstone project demonstrating their skills.
Faculty
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Fall Orientation
Tuesday, September 9
9:00 - 10:30: Health Informatics Orientation Meeting
366 West Village H
11:00 - 12:00: Bouvé College Graduate School Orientation Meeting
20 West Village F
12:00 - 1:00: Bouvé College Luncheon
Cabot Gymnasium
Fall 2008 New Student Registration Information:
Registration starts on July 14.
For information on how to register: http://www.northeastern.edu/customerservice/registering.html
Students should register for any prerequisite courses not already taken. If all prerequisites are completed, students should enroll in HI G 101 Introduction To Health Informatics (Key # 29962). Instructions on selecting additional courses will be sent out by the program director later this summer.
