Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's in Health Informatics program is offered in partnership with Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, a leader in the medical community. This dynamic field of health informatics operates at the convergence of healthcare and information technology. The online master's in Health Informatics (MHI) program prepares students for emerging opportunities and roles across the healthcare enterprise in classes taught by thought leaders in the informatics field. Graduates leave the program ready to leverage technology tools and data for more efficient, patient-centered healthcare delivery and improved population health, and apply essential skills such as organizational change leadership and project management.

Master's in Health Informatics

• Program Goals: An interdisciplinary professional program, MHI graduates will possess the knowledge, skills, and aptitude to:
  • Anticipate and assess evolving health informatics needs from clinical, technical, operational, and financial perspectives.
  • Create a vision for the use of information to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient-centered care and public health.
  • Nurture the development of leadership skills to navigate the privacy, security, legal, regulatory, ethical, and social challenges inherent to health informatics.

Health Informatics Curriculum & Specializations

• Students are required to complete 12 courses to earn the degree.
• Students complete five core courses, including a leadership course and a capstone or thesis project, four required courses, and three elective courses corresponding to a chosen area of Health Informatics Specialization: clinical informatics, health technology, or health administration.

MS in Health Informatics Online Courses

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Master's in Health Informatics Admission

• A variety of factors are considered when your application is reviewed.
• Background and experience vary from student to student.
• For a complete list of requirements, see the Admission page for SPS graduate programs.

Tuition and Financial Aid for Health Informatics

• Tuition for the Master's in Health Informatics program at Northwestern is comparable to similar US programs.
• Financial aid opportunities exist for students at Northwestern.
• Complete details can be found on the Health Informatics Tuition and Financial Aid page.

Registration Information for Health Informatics

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Careers in Health Informatics

• Once primarily the purview of physicians and technologists, health informatics now engages a much broader and growing spectrum of clinical, technical, administrative, and financial services professionals collaborating in hospitals, group practices, nursing care centers, home health agencies, laboratories, community care facilities, and family services agencies, among other settings.
• Increasingly, the challenges and opportunities of this burgeoning field also attract innovators and entrepreneurs from industries outside the healthcare mainstream.
• Those with appropriately rigorous education in the field will likely find significant professional opportunity.

Health Informatics Faculty

• Instructors in the Master's in Health Informatics program at Northwestern are leaders in the field.
• They bring practical real-world experiences to the online classroom and engage with students on an interpersonal level.