Online Master's in Health Informatics
Master of Science in Healthcare Management - Informatics
Employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 29 percent from 2023 to 2033, much faster than the average for all occupations.1 CTU’s online Master of Science in Healthcare Management with an Informatics concentration was created to help you explore how to use technological solutions and data analysis to improve the quality of healthcare delivery.
Explore data management approaches to managing patient-centered electronic health data. Examine health information systems, delivery systems and classification systems. Review innovative approaches in computer science, information technology, and decision science, used to deliver and enhance care. In a capstone project case study, you will have the opportunity to use innovative IT approaches in data analytics to develop a framework for the redesign of a patient-center electronic health data system for a health organization.
1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical and Health Services Managers,
at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/medical-and-health-services-managers.htm (visited 11/19/24).
48
Program Credits
5 Weeks
Course Length
Online
Location
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Program Overview
The Master of Science in Healthcare Management with a concentration in Informatics is a 48-credit-hour program that is offered online. The program consists of 28 credit hours in the healthcare management core with 20 credit hours dedicated to the informatics concentration.
This degree program is designed to guide students in the study of informatics, information technology, and information systems as they integrate with and apply to the principles of health care management. This program examines innovative approaches to information technology and computer science that are needed by leaders in the health informatics field to improve the quality and delivery of health care services.
This program does not lead to additional licensure or certification. As such, CTU has made no determination regarding prerequisites for licensure or certification in any state or jurisdiction.
Health Studies Mission Statement
Health Studies at CTU is dedicated to providing quality programs that integrate the relevant principles and competencies to empower students from diverse backgrounds to pursue leadership roles and career pathways in an evolving healthcare field.
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Courses
| Courses- Informatics | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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Learning Outcomes
MSHCM Program Learning Outcomes
- Apply health care management and leadership principles with ethical decision-making to influence delivery of quality care
- Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills necessary for management and leadership positions in health care
- Apply analytic, critical, and problem-solving skills to real-world situations for effective health care operations
- Integrate professionalism and ethical decision-making with management and leadership skills in health care operations
- Develop strategies to deliver quality healthcare using knowledge related to healthcare finance, marketing and economic indicators
Informatics Concentration Learning Outcomes
- 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
Faculty
Dr. Rose Nieves
University DeanDr. Rose Nieves is the Dean of the College of Nursing for Colorado Technical University. In this role, she leverages her vast experience as a nursing leader, educator and healthcare provider to help assess, mold, develop and direct the College of Nursing.
Dr. Laura Sliwinski, Ph.D.
Executive Program DirectorDr. Laura Sliwinski joined CTU in 2020 as the Executive Program Director for Health Studies in the College of Nursing and Health Studies. Dr. Sliwinski has over twenty years combined experience in healthcare and higher education administration.
For more faculty profiles please visit our Leadership and Faculty page.
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FAQs
CTU’s Master of Science in Healthcare Management (MSHM) with a concentration in Informatics Degree Program is designed to provide knowledge, skills, and abilities relevant for pursuing potential opportunities in the workforce. This master’s degree program may help guide students in the study of informatics, information technology, and information systems as they integrate with and apply to the principles of healthcare management. This program examines innovative approaches to information technology and computer science that are needed by leaders in the health informatics field to improve the quality and delivery of health care services.
As you work to complete your MSHM with a concentration in Informatics, you will be immersed in courses where you will study these topics and much more: health policy-making in the United States, the policymaking process, and the effects of health policy across the country; the evolution of the use of information systems in healthcare; and financial operations of a healthcare organization.
Courses for the Master of Science in Management in Information Systems Security start Online approximately every five weeks. Completion of the CTU admissions process will depend on how quickly you complete the steps in the CTU online application process. You may complete the application process over the phone with an advisor or you may go online. Once you’ve completed the online application, you may hear from an advisor within the following 24 hours to discuss the next steps toward starting your degree program. Master’s programs may have additional entrance requirements that take additional processing time
The MSHM degree program consists of 48 credits. You may be eligible for transfer credit, which is evaluated on an individual basis. Not all credits are eligible to transfer.
Through innovative industry-relevant curricula and technology-enabled student-centered teaching, you will study through classroom learning and hands-on experience that aligns to industry standards and helps you work to develop skills that are applicable to the needs of leadership roles and career pathways in an evolving healthcare field.
