Health Care Informatics Master's Program
Overview
Healthcare throughout the World is changing rapidly. Electronic medical records, electronic prescriptions, digital imaging, clinical decision support, and other applications are changing the way care providers use the information they need to produce the best healthcare outcomes possible. Misericordia's Master's degree in Health Informatics develops the skills needed to succeed in healthcare informatics management roles. This master's degree will prepare the experienced, healthcare or information technology professional to become a leader in managing the information management processes and technologies revolutionizing the health care industry.
Program Delivery
Misericordia's master's degree consists of 36 credits, delivered predominantly online. The courses are presented asynchronously so that a student with Internet connectivity anywhere in the world can study at a time that bests fit their schedule. In addition, our health informatics faculty, all current health informatics practitioners, have scheduled time available online each week for student interaction. Misericordia University uses BlackBoard as the platform for distance education and training is available on how to use this Internet tool.
We are not accepting applications for this program at this time.
HCI Program Goals
HCI Program Goals
The Masters in Health Informatics curriculum has the following goals:
- To prepare future health informatics leaders who understand the complex interplay among the health informatics stakeholder communities.
- To enhance the ability to use the inter-relationships among health information technology, the healthcare delivery and regulatory processes, and information management.
- To prepare graduates with a set of leadership skills and behaviors that emphasizes professional competence, moral and ethical performance.
- To demonstrate professional and technical competence of informatics.
- To instill a dedication to the use of technology for the benefit of humanity.
- To create a sensitivity to the impact that the use of technology has on the person, and
- To build a desire for life-long professional learning and development in health informatics.
Health Care Informatics Curriculum Outline
Outline of Health Informatics Curriculum
The master's degree consists of the following required graduate level health informatics courses:
Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
HCI 505 | The Business of Health Informatics | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 510 | Modeling Health Care Process and Information | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 520 | Health Care Information Systems | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 530 | Health Systems Analysis and Design | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
MBA/OM 580 | Project Management | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 550 | Health Informatics Standards and Best Practices | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 610 | Legal, Ethical, and Public Policy Issues in Health Informatics | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 620 | Enterprise Information Governance | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 640 | Executive Informatics | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 650 | Health Informatics Proficiencies | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
Students can tailor their program along either an academic track with a thesis, or a professional track with a professional contribution.
Academic Track
Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
HCI 660 | Health Informatics Research | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 665 | Health Informatics Thesis | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
Professional Track
Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
HCI 660 | Health Informatics Research | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
HCI 675 | Health Informatics Professional Contribution | 3 credits, 7 ½ weeks, online |
The Professional Contribution can be completed through activities such as writing and presenting a paper at a professional meeting, performing a real-world informatics project at a healthcare organization, or similar activities.
