Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- 36
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Program of Study
NURS 509 (3 credit hours): Interdisciplinary Healthcare Informatics
Introduces informatics terminology and theory, including searching, managing, and evaluating data, analyzing information systems, and integrating technology into practice.
NURS 511 (3 credit hours): Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in an Informative Age
Explores social, ethical and legal issues related to searching, storing and using healthcare information and the ethical and legal formation of informatics professionals.
NURS 512 (3 credit hours): Managing Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Examination of processes and integration of concepts used to measure and improve quality and effectiveness of health care. Examination and analysis of research statistics.
CMIS 515 (3 credit hours): Project Management Standard Process
Is a framework of standard processes based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge and other resources. It includes processes for managing scope, time, quality, cost, human resources, communications, risk and procurement.
CMIS 517: (3 credit hours): Systems Analysis Methodologies for Healthcare Informatics
The role of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software in the business environment will be explored using SAP. A risk management approach will be emphasized.
CMIS 518 (3 credit hours): Seminar in CMIS: Information Security
An introduction to the technical and administrative aspects of information security and assurance. It provides an understanding of the key issues associated with protecting information assets, determining the levels of protection and response to security incidents, and designing an effective information security system.
PBHE 537 (3 credit hours): Healthcare Informatics - Introduction to Epidemiology
Causes, prevention, control of communicable, chronic, and degenerative diseases in various community settings. Examination of statistical measures and methods of organizing vital statistics.
IT 508 (3 credit hours): Seminar in IT: Instructional Design and Media Selection for Healthcare Informatics
Provides healthcare informatics professionals with foundation in the skills of planning, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating employee trainings.
PSYCH 576 (3 credit hours): Graduate Seminar in Organizational Development
Introduces early history, assumptions, concepts and various change strategies and human process approaches to planned change within a systems framework.
CS 430 (3 credit hours): Information Storage and Retrieval
Database system concepts, models, languages. Database design using entity/relationship, and relational models; querying using SQL.
CS 560 (3 credit hours): Information Discovery in Electronic Healthcare Records
Analytical techniques for discovering information in electronic healthcare record systems through data mining, text mining, and visual analytics techniques.
HCIM 596a (1 credit hour): Capstone I
During Capstone I, the student will initiate their capstone project. The student will use their approved project proposal to do the background work and literature review. An outline of the final paper is required at the end of the course.
HCIM 596b (1 credit hour): Capstone II
During Capstone II, the student will continue their capstone project and submit a rough draft of their capstone project paper. The student will analyze the current system being replaced (or in need of replacement) and research viable IT solutions (potential solutions). The student will then identify and make an IT solution recommendation. A literature review concerning the background of the problem and technology based solution will be submitted along with the remainder of the initial (rough) draft of the capstone project paper.
HCIM 596c (1 credit hour): Capstone III
During Capstone III, the student will complete their capstone project and submit their final capstone project paper and deliver a presentation.
Retention Policy
Scholarship appropriate for students in the Master of Science in Healthcare Informatics Program is demonstrated through satisfactory completion of course work, defined as obtaining a course grade of "A" or "B." The following retention policy applies specifically to the program:
- Students who obtain a course grade of "D" or "F" will have suspended enrollment until a retention plan is created and signed by the student and the program director. A second course grade of "D" or "F" will result in removal from the program.
- Students earning one course grade of "C" are allowed to remain enrolled in the program. Students earning a second course grade of "C" or lower will have suspended enrollment until a retention plan is created and signed by the student and the program director. Students earning a third course grade of "C" or lower are removed from the program. Students repeating a course in which there is a grade of "C" does not eliminate the original course grade of "C" from being applied toward this exclusion policy.
- Per SIUE Policy 1F1, all students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher in all graduate coursework required by the program to be awarded the degree.
- Contact the SIUE Student Service Center for instructions and information on withdrawal.
