Frequently Asked Questions

What Kind of Program Is It?

Walden University's online Master of Information Systems Management program with a specialization in Health Informatics is designed to teach you data management skills within the context of the healthcare industry. Topics covered in the curriculum include information systems project management, information system and service analysis and design, business architecture and process, information systems management, and representation of health information. Students without a computing degree are required to complete two additional prerequisite courses.

What Are the Program Prerequisites?

Applicants to this program must hold a bachelors degree or higher and should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills. It is helpful, although not necessary, to have some experience with programming and computing. Additionally, you should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

What Are the Program Requirements?

The Master of Information Systems Management program with a specialization in Health Informatics consists of 33 semester credits, plus any additional prerequisites for students without a computing degree. The program is divided into core courses and specialization courses.

Core Courses

• Managing the IT-Enabled Enterprise
• Business Architecture and Process
• Software Architecture
• Information Systems and Service Analysis and Design
• System and Service Architecture
• Organizational and Social Dimensions of Information Systems
• Information Systems Project Management
• Service and Sourcing Management

Specialization Courses

• Foundations of Health Informatics
• Information Systems Management
• Representation of Health Information

Prerequisite Courses for Students Without a Computing Degree

• Introduction to Client-Side Web Programming
• Object-Oriented Programming for ISM

What Could I Do After I Graduate?

Career Opportunities

Once you have earned your Master of Information Systems Management with a specialization in Health Informatics, you can pursue jobs in the health informatics field. Potential employers include hospitals, clinics, patient care organizations, insurance companies, and private doctors' offices. Electronic health records positions require job candidates to be comfortable working with software and computers. Additionally, it is beneficial to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to work effectively in a team-oriented environment. Possible job titles include:

• Health information technician
• Health information manager
• Director of information systems
• Implementation manager

Career opportunities may require additional experience, training, or other factors beyond the successful completion of this degree program.

Advanced Degree

When you have finished your master's program, you could choose to pursue a doctoral degree. A doctoral program in health informatics may allow you to focus on a specific concentration area, such as consumer health informatics, clinical informatics, health systems informatics, and public health informatics. Some degrees you could pursue are listed below; these are not institution-specific but constitute a sampling of continuing education options for graduates.

• Doctor of Philosophy in Health Informatics
• Doctor of Philosophy in Informatics (Health Informatics)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology
• Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Informatics