Health Informatics – (M.Sc.)

Enter the rapidly expanding field of health informatics and position yourself at the forefront of efforts to improve the nation’s healthcare system. With recent legislation authorizing an unprecedented investment in the nation’s health information technology infrastructure, the demand for health informatics professionals is predicted to grow by 20 percent through 2018,† a much higher growth rate than that of many traditional fields. Earning your M.S. in Health Informatics from Walden can help prepare you for a career in this exciting field.

Gain critical competencies that help reduce healthcare costs; increase patient access to care; and improve the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of disease. Explore how to effectively use electronic data to improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare services. Build on your current healthcare experience or develop the skills you need to move into healthcare informatics management or leadership.

Through Walden’s M.S. in Health Informatics degree program, you can benefit from:

• Dynamic coursework that reflects current industry standards and principles.
• Opportunities to apply health informatics principles and policies in a variety of real-world settings.
• Valuable input from industry leaders, health informatics experts, national policymakers, and researchers.
• In-depth training on health information systems management; quality assessment and improvement; the legal, regulatory, and ethical issues surrounding health information management systems; and the business and financial aspects of health informatics.