Overview

The Health Informatics MSc program from University of South Florida addresses both technological and operational aspects of informatics with a focus on the integration and interoperability of technology. Courses provide broad technical skills as well as the organizational competencies needed for senior-level positions.

Students will learn how to:

Describe information systems used in healthcare and explain their relationship with data, people, procedures, hardware and software.
Manage data via relational database systems and the structured query language (SQL) and understand data warehousing, online analytical processing, data quality issues, emerging cloud databases and data mining techniques.
Integrate electronic medical records with patient care and provide a higher quality of care through better management and availability of medical information.
Manage the process of electronic health records acquisition and implementation.
Develop and assess the tools used to represent medical data.
Assess the functions, limitations, opportunities and challenges of information technology in the healthcare environment.
Define medical language and classification systems.
Comply with laws and regulations applicable to managing patient information.
Communicate effectively with informatics teams and healthcare stakeholders.
Consider the ethical issues that can arise during the delivery of healthcare with respect to health information.
Describe clinical workflows from an e-medicine business models perspective.
Manage healthcare projects using the PMBOK® Guide.

Career Opportunities

Upon completing the Health Informatics MSc program from University of South Florida, you will have the skills needed to enter the e-health workforce in some of the following positions if you can match your education with the necessary experience:

Chief Information Officer
Chief Medical Information Officer
HIM Director
Health Informatics Director
Health Data/Information Resource Manager
Health Information System Application Designer
Compliance Officer
IT Consultant

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Management Information Systems

Legal Aspects of Health Information Management

Health Data Management

e-Healthcare Ethics

Case Studies in Health Information Management

e-Medicine Business Models

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2026-05-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-02-15 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

32 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Tampa, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

$65 non-refundable application fee

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally-accredited university in the biological, chemical, computer or management information sciences or other appropriate field, or the equivalent bachelors and/or graduate degrees from a foreign institution.

Minimum grade point average of 3.00 in the sciences

Resume

Two Letters of Recommendation

While these are not required, GRE, MCAT or VAT standardized test scores or evidence of substantial health informatics experience can be submitted to enhance an application.

English language proficiency

Tuition Fee

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International

15863 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 15863 USD per year during 24 months.
National

15863 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 15863 USD per year during 24 months.
In-State

7840 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 7840 USD per year during 24 months.

Funding

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