Executive Health Informatics Curriculum

The executive health informatics program requires the completion of 33 credit hours consisting of ten core courses and an individual research project (three credit hours).

Prerequisites

Participants must meet one prerequisite, Statistical Analysis.

Oral Comprehensives

All health informatics students are required to complete, successfully, an oral examination that enables the faculty to evaluate the student's competency in health informatics. The evaluation takes place during the student's final semester.

Example Plan of Study
First Year Fall 7410 (3 credits) – Introduction to the US Health Care System 7430 (3 credits) - Introduction to Health Informatics
First Year Spring 8550 (3 credits) – Health Data Analytics 8571 (3 credits) - Decision Support in Health Care Systems
First Year Summer 8560 (3 credits) – Data, Design, & Analysis 7580 (3 credits) – Project Management
Second Year Spring 8441 (3 credits) - Biomedical and Health Vocabularies and Ontologies 8435 (3 credits) - Information Security, Evaluation and Policy 8090 (1 credit) - Thesis Research in Informatics
Second Year Summer 8090 (1 credit) - Thesis Research in Informatics
Second Year Fall 8437 (3 credits) – Data Warehousing and Data/Text Mining for Health Care 8443 (3 credits) – Enterprise Information and Solutions Architecture for Strategic HealthCare Operations 8090 (1 credit) - Thesis Research in Informatics

Example Plan of Study

First Year Fall

7410 (3 credits) – Introduction to the US Health Care System
7430 (3 credits) - Introduction to Health Informatics

First Year Spring

8550 (3 credits) – Health Data Analytics
8571 (3 credits) - Decision Support in Health Care Systems

First Year Summer

8560 (3 credits) – Data, Design, & Analysis
7580 (3 credits) – Project Management

Second Year Spring

8441 (3 credits) - Biomedical and Health Vocabularies and Ontologies
8435 (3 credits) - Information Security, Evaluation and Policy
8090 (1 credit) - Thesis Research in Informatics

Second Year Summer

8090 (1 credit) - Thesis Research in Informatics

Second Year Fall

8437 (3 credits) – Data Warehousing and Data/Text Mining for Health Care
8443 (3 credits) – Enterprise Information and Solutions Architecture for Strategic HealthCare Operations
8090 (1 credit) - Thesis Research in Informatics