Master of Science in Healthcare Management - Informatics Concentration
The MSHCM Informatics concentration is designed to provide students with information systems, informatics, and information technology skills that will prepare students for careers in healthcare or related institutions. The program focuses on innovation driven by IT, data analytics, and improving service delivery and healthcare quality through IT solutions. The courses will address the use of technology to manage medical records, enhance the quality of health record management systems, and ensure electronic records compliance to regulatory and ethical standards. This program will examine innovative approaches in computer science, information technology, decision science, organizational behavior, and knowledge management used to deliver and enhance care.
MS-HCM program prepares students to:
• Utilize healthcare management principles to effectively manage a healthcare organization
• Influence change at a variety of levels for healthcare quality
• Differentiate healthcare delivery within a variety of healthcare populations/environments
MS-HCM Informatics program competencies:
- Choose appropriate innovative technological solutions and data analysis to improve the quality of healthcare delivery.
- Use data management approaches to manage patient-centered electronic health data including abstracting data, compiling information and researching data
- Describe features of the health information systems, healthcare delivery systems, and classification systems.
- Evaluate health records to ensure federal, state, privacy, ethical, security and confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
- Appraise a health IT system development life cycle from system analysis, strategy planning, system design, planning, creating, testing, and implementation.
- Explain data health standards, database designs, and principles of business continuity.
Degree Requirements
Courses- Informatics
| CS651 | Computer Systems Security Foundations | 4 |
| CS660 | Database Systems | 4 |
| HCM655 | Healthcare Informatics | 4 |
| HCM690 | Healthcare Informatics Capstone | 4 |
| IT621 | Enterprise Data Management | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 20 |
Core
| HCM612 | Managing the Healthcare Organization | 4 |
| HCM632 | Systems in Healthcare | 4 |
| HCM671 | Healthcare Statistics | 4 |
| HCM674 | Health Policy in the United States | 4 |
| HCM676 | Healthcare Finance | 4 |
| HCM677 | Information Systems for Healthcare | 4 |
| HCM678 | Healthcare Law and Ethics | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 28 |
Total Credit Hours: 48
Area of Study
- Business & Management
- Healthcare