Program Overview

Health Care Informatics Information Session June 5th, 2012 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Please contact Tina Yeung at tina.yeung@ucf.edu for more information

UCF's Department of Health Management and Informatics offers a Professional Sciences Master's graduate program in Health Informatics online. The program is enhanced by on-campus sessions and is designed to be finished in 20 months.

The program will:

• Develop your leadership and decision-making skills
• Enable you to serve your organization's information needs
• Teach you to work using an evidence-based, knowledge-management approach

Graduates can work as practitioners, managers, analysts and researchers. Numerous openings have been announced in several environments, including health centers and health insurance companies.

Program Curriculum

The Master of Science in Health Care Informatics will be awarded upon completion of appropriate prerequisite course work and 36 credits of prescribed graduate study. Credits must be taken in health-services management, health care informatics, research practicum/thesis, a symposium course and a seminar on health care informatics research.

The health care informatics program is unique in that it will focus on providing students with a thorough grounding in the clinical, management and business aspects of the health informatics field. The program will be offered through an online, distance- learning format to offer access and convenience to working professionals.

Course Requirements
Once you've completed any and all prerequisite course work, you will need 36 credit hours of required graduate-level courses-that's all-and you can complete in 20 months. This course work includes these areas and projects:

• Database management
• Health-services management
• Health care informatics
• Symposium
• Seminar on health care informatics research
  

Plan of Study

FIRST YEAR FALL

HIM 5118C Health Care Informatics & Information Technology	4 credit hours
HIM 6217C Health Care Database Management	4 credit hours

FIRST YEAR SPRING

HIM 6119C Biostatistics & Decision Analysis	4 credit hours
HIM 6123C Health Informatics Applications	4 credit hours

FIRST YEAR SUMMER

HIM 6122C System Analysis & Design	4 credit hours
HIM 6935C Issues in Health Care Informatics & Enterprise Management	2 credit hours

SECOND YEAR FALL

HIM 6124C Data Architecture and Modeling	4 credit hours
HIM 6464C Epidemiology & Quality Management	4 credit hours

SECOND YEAR SPRING

HIM 6816 Health Care Informatics Capstone	3 credit hours
HIM 6946C Internship	3 credit hours
Thesis (Optional with Practicum & Internship)	6 credit hours

Program Admission Requirements

A bachelor's degree is required for admission to the program, as is a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0. Preference will be given to those with practical experience in clinical or administrative areas.

In addition to the general UCF graduate admission requirements, applicants to this program must provide:

• One official transcript (in a sealed envelope) from each college/university attended.
• Goal statement indicating how the Health Care Informatics MS program will enhance career goals.
• Résumé (no longer than two pages).
• Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.

Admission to the program is competitive, based on evaluation of the applicant's abilities, past academic performance, work experience, and the match of the program with career goals. The Professional Science Master's Program in Health Care Informatics accepts the most qualified students. Not all students who apply may be accepted, even if minimum requirements are met.

Application Deadlines

Health Care Informatics MS Professional Science Master's Program	Fall Priority	Fall
Domestic Applicants	Jan 15	Jul 15
International Applicants	Jan 15	Jan 15
International Transfer Applicants	Jan 15	Mar 1

UCF Application Requirements
Review UCF Admissions Overview
http://www.graduatecatalog.ucf.edu/content/Admissions.aspx

UCF Apply Online
https://www.students.graduate.ucf.edu/gradonlineapp/

Program Cost

HCI Program Tuition & Fees	In-State	Out-of State
Tuition	$277.08	$277.08
Non-Resident Fee		$37.74	(5% of the non-resident fee)
Building Fee	$2.32	$2.32
Capital Improvement Fee	$2.44	$2.44
Financial Aid Fee	$13.85	$13.85
Non-Resident Financial Aid Fee	N/A	$37.74
Activity & Services Fee	$10.79	$10.79
Transporation Access Fee	N/A	N/A
Health Fee	N/A	N/A
Athletic Fee	$13.10	$13.10
Differential Tuition	N/A	N/A
Technology Fee	$13.85	$13.85
Distance Learning Fee	$18.00	$18.00
HCI & Program Fee	$467.07	$467.07
Total Tuition & Fees per credit hour	$818.50	$893.98

Base tuition and common student fees are subject to change each pear consistent with Board of Trustee policy.

Student Resources

KFORCE
Recruiting firm for Healthcare Informatics Majors - http://www.kforce.com/

AHIMA
American Health Information Management Association - http://ahima.org

HIMSS
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society - http://himss.org/ASP/

AMIA
American Medical Informatics Association - http://www.amia.org

Program Contact Information

Admission & Program Information
Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward
Assistant Professor & Graduate Program Director
Department of Health Management & Informatics
Phone: 407-823-2639
Email: kcortely@mail.ucf.edu

Registration and General Information
Mrs. Waheeda Illasarie
Assistant Director
Continuing Education
407-823-2609
waheeda.illasarie@ucf.edu