This course provides a high-level learning experience that involves the analysis of leadership skills, models and practices, organizational settings, team development, global markets, and cultural factors impacting leadership. Students will focus on ethical considerations impacting leaders within modern organizations nationally and internationally. Students will utilize communication technologies to demonstrate communication skills useful to leaders.

In this course, students will develop effective reading skills to engage with college-level course materials. Students will explore a variety of texts and analyze active reading strategies to develop personal reading approaches.

This capstone course will highlight topics, issues, and skills learned during the completion of the health informatics coursework. The course will address cutting edge components related to data analytics and data visualization in all aspects of the healthcare industry. The final project will showcase the student’s application of the skills and knowledge developed throughout the program. Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSHIA program core courses.

This course examines progressive topics in biomedical informatics. Emphasis is on the use of these technologies in addressing issues related to clinical care improvement and population health. This advanced course also addresses progressive informatics topics such as biobank data and integration of phenotypes into models of care. Prerequisites: HIA 601, HIA 610, HIA 612, HIA 615, and HIA 640.

This course explores the roles of clinical providers in the adoption of transformative information technology. There is a focus on the interdisciplinary use of advanced informatics solutions to improve health outcomes. Students examine ways in which providers contribute to the development of knowledge systems and clinical content in informatics applications. Prerequisites: HIA 601, HIA 610, HIA 612, and HIA 615.

This course examines the essential elements of writing grant proposals and research papers. Students will learn how to develop a hypothesis, conduct a literature search, guidance in completing key components of a research study and strategies and tips for conveying information in an oral presentation. Throughout the course, students will learn tips on how to write for a scientific audience. Prerequisites: HIA 601 and HIA 620.

This course explores data analytics: tools, techniques, data and data visualization. The course content includes the principles of the data analytics process; open source and free software; and the differences between a database and a database management system. The course includes different modalities of data visualization and decision support. Prerequisite: HIA 601.

Principles of health data governance are addressed from a management perspective. There is a focus on how stakeholders can use big data models to make better financial and clinical decisions. The course also explores the legal and regulatory aspects of health data governance and information exchange including issues at the consumer, organizational, local, state, national and global level. Prerequisites: HIA 601 and HIA 612.

Students are introduced to the technology tools and methods associated with data governance, metadata design, data warehousing and business intelligence. Data transformation technologies used to turn transactional data into business intelligence models are explored. The course also addresses the technical aspects of how to secure technology platforms.Prerequisite: HIA 601.

This course examines technical aspects of health informatics such as the development of functional and technical requirements as well as the design of data structures and business logic. Technology topics such as networking, systems virtualization, security and web- based application development are addressed. Students explore best practices in cost- effective technology design. Prerequisite: HIA 601.