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HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS – B.S.

Healthcare Informatics focuses on the management, analysis and reporting of data and information from healthcare systems including hospitals, medical offices, health insurance plans, government healthcare providers and medical research facilities, with the goal of using such data to improve patient care delivery. Students are prepared to turn healthcare data into useful information which will help improve patient care and enhance fiscal and system efficiencies. This is accomplished by creating or implementing databases and other technology systems, recommending informatics solutions, and effectively collecting, storing, and accessing medical data for operational assessment. Students will understand and use data interfaces within and amongst healthcare department and providers.

The Baccalaureate degree program in addition to expanding the curriculum learned within the Associate degree program in healthcare informatics and liberal arts will teach management and organizational skills leading graduates to positions as Decision Support Managers, Project Managers, Project Designers, and/or Research Managers.

Clinical Practicum (Internship)

Students in the bachelor’s program have the option to apply and integrate the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the program in an offsite healthcare informatics setting. This non-paid internship is typically offered during the day, during regular business hours. Every effort is made to accommodate students’ work schedules so they will be able to complete the required hours. Transportation, parking and other costs related to the practicum site is the responsibility of the student.

Graduates may apply to write the national certification examinations* for Certified Health Informatics Systems Professional (CHISP) administered by American Society of Health Informatics Managers (ASHIM); Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS) and Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) administered by Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (Himss); and Certified Professional in Health Informatics (CPHI™) administered by the American Health Information management Association (AHIMA).

*Certification requirements may include certain professional years of experience to sit for exam.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

All students completing this program are expected to achieve the General Education outcomes described in the General Studies section of the catalog as well as the following learning objectives:

  • Define health care data and its uses.

  • Identify and describe some of the main trends, current technologies, and management issues in quality health care management using key data informatics standards.

  • Categorize and interpret health care data using appropriate graphical techniques.

  • Demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office programs including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.

  • Develop a philosophy, a strategy, and a set of methods for ongoing quality and efficiency improvement to yield better health care outcomes using a combination of simulated and real-world data within the informatics field.

  • Apply policies, standards and regulatory requirements to the collection, storage, classification, access and transmission of health data.

  • Interpret the legal and regulatory requirements of healthcare delivery systems, patient privacy, confidentiality and security of health data.

  • Distinguish between data models and how they are used to capture the nature and relationships among data.

  • Determine required and available health care data and identify an appropriate database design.

  • Manipulate healthcare data using appropriate data modeling techniques.

  • Integrate leadership skills in the management of health data, the electronic health record (EHR), health informatics projects and organizational resources.

Healthcare Informatics – B.S. Curriculum

BIO109 Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology - 3 credits
BIO109L Ess. of Anatomy & Physiology Lab - 1 credit
BIO119 Medical Terminology - 3 credits
BU106 Business Communications - 3 credits
BU132 Information Technology I - 3 credits
BU300 Project Management - 3 credits
CNA105 IT Foundations - 4 credits
DA101 Introduction to Data Science - 3 credits
DA103 SQL for Data Analysis - 3 credits
EC202 Principles of Microeconomics - 3 credits
EN101 English Composition - 3 credits
EN200 Advanced Composition - 3 credits
FREL Free Elective - 3 credits
GS100 or GS102 College Seminar or College Success - 1 or 3 credits*
GS320 Research Methods and Designs - 3 credits
HCI101 Healthcare Systems and Operations - 3 credits
HCI102 Introduction to Healthcare Informatics - 3 credits
HCI210 Healthcare Informatics Data Standards - 3 credits
HCI300 Business Systems Analysis & Design in Healthcare - 3 credits
HCI320 Leadership & Change Management - 3 credits
HCI330 Clinical Decision Support Systems - 3 credits
HCI400 Database Healthcare Management Systems - 3 credits
HCI410 Healthcare Informatics Practicum - 3 credits
HIT103 Health Information Systems - 3 credits
HIT104 Legal Aspects of Health Information Technology - 3 credits
HIT118 Healthcare Reimbursement - 3 credits
HIT201 Management Principles for Health Professionals - 3 credits
HIT208 Quality Assurance & Improvement - 2 credits
HUEL Humanities Elective - 9 credits
MA107 Logical Reasoning & Decision Making - 3 credits
MA120 Statistics I - 3 credits
MA220 Statistics II - 3 credits
PH205 Ethics in Health Care - 3 credits
PH350 Topics in Bioethics - 3 credits
PSY101 General Psychology - 3 credits
SOC300 Epidemiology - 3 credits
SSEL Social Science Elective - 12 credits
Total Program Credits - 122

*GS100 College Seminar or GS102 College Success must be taken at the main campus

Additional Degree Requirements

A minimum grade of “C” in the following courses: GS100 or GS102, BU106, BU132, BU300, CNA105, DA101, DA103, HCI101, HCI102, HCI210, HCI300, HCI320, HCI330, HCI400, HCI410, HIT103, HIT104, HIT118, HIT201, HIT208, BIO119, BIO109/BIO109L, MA107, MA120, MA220 and a Quality Point Average of 2.0.


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