WHAT IS HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY?
Healthcare Information Technology (Health IT) provides comprehensive management of medical information and its secure exchange between healthcare consumers and providers. The “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” calls for $19B in expenditures to help with the computerization of health records by 2014. The president of the American Medical Informatics Association estimates that at least 200,000 new Health IT professionals will be needed to support Obama Administration’s Electronic Health Records initiative. Electronic medical records are coming. GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology is designed to train innovators who will bring 21st Century informatics to the U.S. health care system. The certificate requires twelve (12) credit-hours of coursework and a three (3) credit-hour internship, for a total of fifteen (15) graduate credit hours. The certificate may be pursued concurrently with a related gra
