The master's degree program will provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge needed to implement and support information technology solutions for health sector organizations. Graduates will obtain technical knowledge and management skills for the design and support of IT systems and will develop a deep understanding of health IT processes to support health care delivery and management. Graduate will also gain knowledge in areas of health information management including health information processing and exchange, health care analytics, enterprise management and information storage and security management.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Identify and analyze elements of a sociotechnical health system.
• Define and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of a health informatics technology.
• Accurately identify and analyze elements of the U.S. health care financial system.
• Conduct a systems analysis for a healthcare problem.
• Identify errors that affect patient safety and develop solutions to promote safer systems.
• Identify features of a functioning health information exchange.