Health Informatics Programs in the United States Go Back

Date Compiled: June 2009

University	Degrees	Department(s)	Degree Requirements	Sampling of Research Interests
University of Alabama at Birmingham	MS in Health Informatics	School of Health Related Professions	40 credit hours of courses + 6 hours of Internship + 8 credit research project	N/A - non-research program
Arizona State University	MS and PhD in Biomedical Informatics	Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Engineering	MS: 30 credits including thesis , PhD: 39-45 credits required courses and 39-45 credits of elective courses	Health Information Technology Assessment for Clinical Outcomes, Distributed Cognition and Scientific Collaboration in Medicine and Health,
University of California - Davis	MS in Health Informatics	School of Medicine	43 credit hours: 31 required coursework, 3 elective, 9 research, research project and thesis	information not readily available
Nova Southeastern University	Certificate in Public Health Informatics	College of Osteopathic Medicine with School of Computer and Information Sciences	Requirements include M.P.H. core courses, a public health informatics practicum, and six public health informatics-focused electives.	n/a
Emory University	MSPH in Public Health Informatics	Rollins School of Public Health	48 credit hours, cumulative GPA of at least B-, MSPH thesis, at least 200 hors practicum experience	information not readily available
Medical College of Georgia	BS or Post-bacc Certificate in Health Information Administration, iMPH	Department of Health Informatics (School of Allied Health Sciences)	BS: 69 credit hours, including practicum; Certificate: 26-27 credit hours, including practicum; iMPH: 48 credits	N/A - non-research program
University of Illinois at Chicago	MS, Post-Baccalaureate and Post-Masters Certificates in Health Informatics	College of Applied Health Sciences	MSHI: 45 credit hours for non-research track	HIV Treatment Error Reduction Using a Genotype Database, Physician attitudes towards clinical information systems and computerized physician order entry, Revenue Cycle Metrics at a Large Academic Medical Center
University of Illinois at Chicago	MS in Public Health, Certificate in Public Health Informatics	School of Public Health	MS: 51 credit hours, field practicum, capstone experience; Certificate: 5 courses completed with a min of 3.0 GPA plus publication quality paper	N/A - non-research program
Bellevue University	BS	College of Professional Studies	127 credit hours	N/A - non-research program
Indiana University	MS in Health Informatics, BS in Health Information Administration, PhD in Health Informatics	School of Informatics at IUPUI (Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis)	MS: 36 credit hours, including a thesis project; BS: 61 credits (as part of a 4-year degree), PhD: 36 credits beyond MS curriculum + usual PhD RQs	Current areas of research include electronic medical records, health data exchange, standards and terminology for health data, clinical decision support, consumer health informatics, technology to enhance patient safety, telehealth application development and implementation, cost reimbursement and integrated health information systems.
Northern Kentucky University	MS and Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics	College of Informatics	MS: 35 credit hours (18-foundation courses, 11 - electives, capstone project), Certificate: 12 credits from MHI core	New program, n/a
University of Maryland	Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics	Department of Public and Community Health	12 credit hours	N/A - non-research program
John Hopkins Medicine	MS in Health Sciences Informatics; Fellowship in Health Sciences Informatics	Division of Health Sciences Informatics	100 quarter hours (24 hrs core, 18 hrs electives, 6 hrs practica, 16 hrs research seminars, 36 hrs research)	information not readily available
Northeastern University	MS in Health Informatics	College of Computer and Information Science	core of 24 semester hours and 12 hours of electives plus a 1 credit precepted internship and a 3 semester hour capstone project. A GPS of 3.0 or better is required for matriculation	N/A - professional, non-thesis program
University of Massachusetts - Lowell	MS in Health Management & Policy: Health Informatics Concentration, Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics	Continuing Studies and Corporate Education	MS: 12 courses, Certificate: 4 courses	n/a
University of Minnesota	MHI (practice oriented) and MS (research oriented), PHD in Health Informatics	Health Informatics	MHI: 32 credits; MS: 42 credit including either project of thesis, depending on track; PhD - 70 credits.	information not readily available
University of Missouri	MS in Health Informatics (Residential and Executive), PhD in Health Informatics	School of Medicine (Dept of Health Management and Informatics)	MS(R) - 42 credits, MS(E) - 33 credits	information not readily available
Saint Louis University	BS in Health Information Management and MS in Health Informatics	Doisy College of Health Sciences	30 credit non-thesis program	n/a - new program
University of Montana	BS in Health Care Informatics	Montana Tech	BS: 120 credit hours	n/a
Excelsior College	Certificate	School of Health Sciences	17 credits	n/a
Columbia	MA and PHD in Public Health Informatics	Biomedical Informatics	MS: 36 credits (12 courses)	Internet-Based Information Technology to Reduce Prescription Errors; Automated ICF Coding Using Medical Language Processing; Refining Organizational Network Analysis Methods for use in Public Health;
The State University of New York - University at Buffalo	Advanced Studies Certificate in Medical/Health Informatics	School of Informatics	information not readily available	n/a
New York Medical College	MPH in Health Informatics, Grad Certificate in Health Informatics	School of Public Health	45-46 credits for MS, 15 credits for Certificate	N/A - non-research program
East Carolina University	Graduate Certificate Health Informatics	College of Allied Health Sciences	15 semester hours	N/A
Ohio State University	MS	School of Allied Medical Professions	50 credit hours	N/A - non-research program
Oregon Health & Science University	Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics Management	dept of medical informatics and clinical epidemiology (school of Medicine)	33 credits	information not readily available
Drexel University	Online Certificate in Healthcare Informatics	Drexel Online	9 credit hours	n/a
University of Tennessee	MS of Health Informatics and Information Management and Post-Baccalaureate certificate	College of Allied Health Sciences	MS: 33 credit hours w/ GPA 3.0 or above and grades of no less than "B" for each course, written comprehensive exam.	n/a
University of Texas Houston	Certificates in Health Informatics and Public Health Informatics; MS or PHD in Health Informatics	School of Health Information Sciences at Houston	Certificate: 15 credit hours, MS: 42 credit hours including practicum and publication level paper; PHD: 93 credit hours, Health Informatics prefixed courses must be passed with grade "B" or better	Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Informatics Research, Computational and Predictive Oncology, Preventive Health Informatics and Spatial Analysis, Lab PHISTA
University of North Texas	MS in Information Science specializing in Health Informatics; Certificate of advanced study in Health Informatics (Post-Master), Interdisciplinary PhD with HI concentration	School of Library and Information Science	MS: 36 credit hours, field experience, GPA of 3.0 or higher, no grade of C on core courses, no more than two C grades allowed; Certificate: 24 credit hours, field experience, PhD: 48 credits with health related electives	Web-based clinical information; Information-seeking behavior of health care providers; Organization of medical digital images
University of Virginia	MS in Clinical Research	Public Health Sciences Dept.	31 credit hours, thesis or practicum	Temporal pattern analysis in clinical data;
University of Washington	Certificate, MS, PHD, post-graduate fellowships in Biomedical and Health Informatics	Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics (under SOM)	MS: 60 credit hours, including at least nine Thesis credits, cumulative GPA of 3.0 minimum, complete an MS thesis and pass a final exam; PHD: 90 credit hours, including 27 Dissertation credits, formal examinations: qualifying exam, general exam, final exam	Community Health Assessment Key Indicators, Personal Health Information Management for Breast Cancer Patients, Predicting Drug-Drug Interactions Using Drug Mechanism Knowledge
Fairmont State University	Health Care Informatics (undergraduate)	School of Nursing and Allied Health	49 credits	n/a
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee	MS and Certificate in Health Care Informatics, Dual HCI and ILS degree	College of Health Sciences (certificate joint with UWM School of Information Studies)	MS: 35 credit hours, completion of a thesis or a professional project; Dual degree - 56 credits.	Diverse - program faculty are from several departments: Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Computer Science, Library and Information Science, Nursing

　

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