MS Health Care Informatics Onground (for Non-Nurses)

Health Care Informatics

As our health care system increases its integration of Information Technology (IT), the use of IT enhances data security and improves efficiency through data management, data storage, machine learning and multiple other technology based applications.  Health Care Informatics helps health care systems conceptualize, develop, apply and evaluate the use of IT across the health care spectrum. 

As an informatics professional, you can become an architect of the very future of the industry. In simplified terms, healthcare informatics brings health IT and knowledge management into day-to-day patient care. Through automation and interoperability, patient information is able to be organized and electronically shared across the healthcare continuum. The end goal is to improve medical care by increasing speed and accuracy, reduce medical errors, and decrease the administrative burden associated with health care delivery, billing, and reimbursement.

Recent changes in the healthcare industry call for clinicians, administrators, and executive leaders who can mobilize innovative technologies. However, there is a critical shortage of qualified professionals capable of applying these technologies and communicating effectively with both healthcare providers and information technology (IT) professionals.

Graduates are prepared for certification through the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).