The graduate program in health informatics prepares professionals to meet critical and complex informatics challenges in organizations and systems throughout the health industry. The program provides recognized national and global leadership in health informatics education.
The program is competency-based and distinctively equips graduates for success. The residential and executive master's degrees launch and advance careers in evidence-based health informatics.
The program admits diverse cohorts of students from Missouri, other states, and other nations. Through the admissions process, the program looks for learners with strong academic records, maturity, motivation, leadership capabilities, and career potential. Primary post-graduation placement organizations include health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, physician group practices, surgery centers, information technology companies, consulting firms, government agencies, insurance entities, and other points of health services delivery.
Whereas the residential master's degree format is a traditional on-campus residential program, the executive master's degree is offered in a hybrid model featuring both on-campus and distance learning. In both formats, emphasis is on fostering an individualized and collaborative culture of learning, mentoring, and professional development among students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other practitioners.
Implemented in 1998, the program is a candidate for CAHIIM accreditation.
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