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IAbout The Program
Information is revolutionizing health care and medicine. It is providing practitioners with information about disease and pathology, enabling more effective research, and even opening the vision of a paperless hospital. The marriage of information science and information technology is creating an entire new universe of personal health.
The Health Information Systems program is a 12 course study curriculum devoted to the application of information technology to the health care environment. It provides a systematic review of key issues, concepts, and processes as they relate to information and information technology.
Anticipated Audience
The Health Information Systems program attracts students whose interests combine information technology with helping people through health care. It is a natural attractor for learners who already possess information technology knowledge and experience, but recognize the size and scope of health care’s potential as a career field.
Applications within the Health Information Systems program will also appeal to currently employed health information professionals who require additional education and credentials to enhance their career paths.
Applications Orientation
The health care environment, representing huge organizations and enormous scale for problems and solutions, attracts unique and customized applications. Hardware and software is tailored specifically to the singular needs of health care practitioners and patients.
The Health Information Systems program has an applications orientation. That is, it integrates specific applications, providing learners with exposure to the best of breed solutions health care providers will expect them to know.
Toward The Paperless Hospital
Among the most powerful emerging trends in health care is the advent of paperless health care. Empowered by wireless networks, specialized hardware devices and highly sophisticated information design, these facilities rely on flawless execution of their information systems. And they are hungry for well-educated systems professionals.
Systems providers and health care organizations have already begun setting up paperless hospitals. The Health Information Systems program is designed to embrace paperless systems for every course, to meet this highly targeted and potentially lucrative market.
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