Health Care Informatics

Health Care Informatics Certificate

The Health Care Informatics Certificate is offered cooperatively with the UW-Milwaukee, College of Health Sciences. The objectives of the program are to prepare students to understand, analyze and evaluate information technology used to perform administrative and clinical tasks in a health care organization.

Program Requirements

The Certificate consists of 24 credits within the School of Information Studies and College of Health Sciences.

Course Number Course Name Credits

HS 222

Language of Medicine

3

HS 224

-or-

LIS 110

Introduction to Microcomputers for Allied Health Professions

 

Introduction to Information Sciences

3

 

3

LIS 230

Organization of Knowledge

3

LIS 250

Internet Communication and Information Transfer

3

HCA 537

Introduction to Healthcare Databases and Technologies

3

HCA 541

-or-

LIS 340

Healthcare Information Systems Analysis and Design

 

Information Architecture II

3

 

3

HCA 542

Healthcare Database Design and Management

3

LIS 465

Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services

3

 

 

Total: 24

For more information

Please visit the College of Health Science website or speak with an advisor in the School of Information Studies or the College of Health Sciences

UWM School of Information Studies

Phone: 414-229-4707
Toll Free: 1-888-349-3432
Email: soisinfo@uwm.edu
or stop by Northwest Quadrant Building B, 3rd Floor

UWM College of Health Sciences Student Services

Phone: 414-229-2758
Email: chs-info@uwm.edu

 
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