Healthcare Informatics [Graduate Certificate]
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-06-01 | - |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2024-12-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Healthcare Informatics Graduate Certificate program at Eastern Michigan University equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to analyze, design, and manage information systems in healthcare environments. The program covers fundamental IS/IT applications, industry-specific issues, and ethical considerations related to privacy and security. Students can choose from restricted electives to tailor their studies to their specific interests.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Healthcare Informatics Graduate Certificate program at Eastern Michigan University provides an introduction to information systems terminology, structures, and applications in the context of healthcare management. The program aims to equip healthcare providers and administrators with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze, design, acquire, install, and operate information systems that support organizational goals and objectives in healthcare environments. The program emphasizes the fundamental IS/IT applications that support various healthcare management functions, as well as industry-specific applications and management issues. Ultimately, the program seeks to provide students with an understanding of the basic structures of information systems in health administration, their relationship to managerial functions, and the critical policy and ethical issues associated with privacy, confidentiality, and security in information systems.
Outline:
Required Courses (12 hours)
- HLAD 510: Healthcare Organizations (3 hours)
- HLAD 576: Informatics in Healthcare Management (3 hours)
- IS 606: Web Application Development (3 hours)
- Choose one course from the following (3 hours):
- HLAD 511: Health Law
- HLAD 521: Healthcare Finance
Restricted Electives (6 hours)
- Choose a minimum of six credit hours from the following:
- IS 614: Systems Analysis and Design (3 hours)
- IS 645: Database Management Systems (3 hours)
- IS 650: Enterprise Resource Planning (3 hours)
