Description and Outcomes

The Master of Health Informatics program is designed to prepare you for a career in health informatics. Based on various global health information management markets, the program incorporates an interprofessional approach to the curriculum through collaborative work.

You will study how to use health informatics to support data-driven improvements in clinical, financial, and public health outcomes. The program includes graduate-level courses on health informatics, health information systems, public policy, laws and legal issues, clinical taxonomies, data analysis, analytics and optimization, project management, organizational development, leadership, innovation, and research.

Program Length

The Master of Health Informatics program consists of a minimum of 48 quarter credit hours. Upon successful completion of the program, you will be awarded the Master of Health Informatics degree.

Program Outcomes

1. Health Informatics Management: Design effective business strategies based on concepts of leadership and management within health informatics.
2. Health Informatics Standards: Assess the impact of economics, ethics, professional standards, and the law on health informatics.
3. Health Informatics Policy: Develop health policies and procedures to address health informatics needs in the industry.
4. Health Informatics Finance: Evaluate health information systems based upon statistical and financial models.

Professional Competencies

In addition to the discipline-specific outcomes, professional competencies are integrated throughout your academic program. You can review the professional competencies associated with your academic program in the graduate School of General Education section of this Catalog.

Program Availability

For program availability, please refer to the U.S. State and Other Approvals section and the Program Availability Grid.

Policies

Please refer to school-specific policies and the Policy Information section for general Purdue Global policies.

Program Requirements