Health Informatics
The Master of Science in Health Informatics prepares students to successfully address the combined clinical, technical, and business needs of health-related professions.
Part-Time
Northeastern’s interdisciplinary Master of Science in Health Informatics program was the first master’s program in the field. Our students graduate with the knowledge of how technology, people, health, and the healthcare system interrelate; the ability to use technology and information management to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes; and the skills to communicate effectively among healthcare practitioners, administrators, and information technology professionals.
The MS in Health Informatics program is a collaboration between the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. The program offers a flexibly designed curriculum for both part-time and full-time students, combining core courses in healthcare systems and management with elective courses that span vital topics across the industry. Students are able to choose classes based on their interests and backgrounds; students from the healthcare industry are introduced to new technologies. An advisory board of industry professionals provides expert guidance in the program’s development and ongoing curricular advancements—the program remains at the leading edge of advances in the industry.
This interdisciplinary master’s degree program is designed for healthcare professionals with limited computing and information technology experience, as well as IT professionals with little knowledge of healthcare environments.
- The Personal Health Informatics Concentration includes courses such as Creation and Application of Medical Knowledge, Computer/Human Interaction, Biostatistics in Public Health, and completion of a Thesis or Capstone Project.
- Health Informatics (Without Concentration) requires courses associated with Business Management, Health Informatics, Technical (such as Biostatistics and Public Health), and a Capstone Project.
- The Health Informatics Analytics Concentration is offered in conjunction with Northeastern’s College of Engineering, offering electives such as Computational Modeling and Structured Data Analytics for Industrial Engineering, Healthcare Systems Modeling and Analysis, and Data Mining in Engineering. Required coursework include courses associated with Business Management, Health Informatics courses, Technical, and a Capstone Project.
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Unique Features
- This MS program is designed for students with no clinical or technical experience as well as for people with experience in either discipline.
- The program can be completed with no concentration, with a concentration in Health Informatics Analytics or in Personal Health Informatics.
- Flexible course schedules and formats meet the needs of both working professionals and full-time students
- Faculty for this program are senior leaders in the field
- Coursework provides an academic pathway to the PhD in Personal Health Informatics
- Research capstone project allows students to make an active contribution to the field
- Health Informatics program graduates have a nearly 100% job placement within three months of graduation
- The program is STEM certified
Program Objectives
- Understand how information technology, people, health, and the healthcare system interrelate
- Use information technology and information management concepts and methods to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes
- Communicate effectively among healthcare practitioners, administrators, and IT professionals, and understand each group’s needs and constraints
Career Outlook
Health informatics is a rapidly evolving field—one in which jobs are projected to grow by 23% into 2020. As the healthcare system evolves, the ability to integrate technology into patient care is becoming increasingly imperative, creating great demand for professionals with knowledge of health sciences, computer science, and information technology. Northeastern’s MS in Health Informatics graduates have gone on to hold positions as clinical, data, business, technical, application, and security analysts, as project managers, and as CIOs, CMIOs, and directors of many prominent companies. Recent graduates hold positions at Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Partners Healthcare, Beth Israel, Tufts Medical Center, Lawrence General Hospital, Humedica, and Verisk Analytics.
