Overview

Prepare to position yourself to serve as a potential leader in your hospital or clinic as you examine healthcare data management, healthcare information systems and professional ethics throughout your health informatics online classes.

The Nursing - Health Informatics at Grand Canyon University curriculum is designed to teach you how to optimize the use of patient and health data to achieve better patient outcomes, reduce costs, and augment operational efficiency. You may be prepared to help organizations adapt to the integration of technology and the continuous changes in patient-care systems.

You also have the opportunity to learn how to automate clinical care, build new operational data systems, train healthcare workers in the use of computer systems, and analyze data to improve patient care.

Topics you will examine in the Nursing - Health Informatics at Grand Canyon University curriculum include:

The role of leadership, health informatics and organizational policy in supporting high-quality patient care
The critical evaluation of evidence from epidemiology, biopsychosocial, biostatistics and other fields for evidence-based applications
The application of information systems in healthcare settings, with an emphasis on technology implementation in rapidly changing healthcare environments
Healthcare information resources, including the use of relational database management software

Techniques used for extracting, evaluating and applying health data

Nursing Informatics Career Opportunities

No degree program can guarantee any particular career outcome, and some careers may require additional training or credentials. However, as a graduate of the master’s degree in nursing with a health informatics emphasis, there are a number of nursing informatics careers you might choose to pursue, including:

Data scientist
Computer informatics analyst (business analyst)
Computer and information systems manager
Computer systems analyst

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Health Care Data Management

Electronic Health Records

Health Data Analytics

User Interface Design for Informatics

Nursing Informatics Practicum

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00

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More details

GCU has a rolling admission policy.

Language

English

Credits

40 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Phoenix, United States

Disciplines

Nursing Health Informatics View 221 other Masters in Health Informatics in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.8

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

500

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Graduate applicants may be accepted at Grand Canyon University (GCU) with an undergraduate degree from an accredited college or program that has been approved by GCU, with a 2.8 GPA or higher.
If you do not meet the GPA requirement, you may be eligible for admission with a graduate degree from an accredited, GCU-approved college or program and passing test scores: Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT): 500, Graduate Record Examination (GRE): 300 combined verbal/quantitative

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

12000 USD / year

≈ 12000 USD / year
Out-of-State

12000 USD / year

≈ 12000 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

12000 USD / year

≈ 12000 USD / year

Living costs

Phoenix

United States

900 - 1450 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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