Graduate Certificate in Clinical Informatics
School of Healthcare Business and Technology
Location: Online
Start Term: Fall, Spring, Summer
Use Technology to Enhance the Patient Experience
This graduate certificate explores informatics with a clinical focus for students to learn how technology and systems are implemented to improve healthcare delivery. This specialized online certificate can be completed in as little as 12 months. Upon completion, you will have the essential skills and knowledge to apply informatics across healthcare organizations.
Your 12-Credit Journey
In this online certificate, you’ll explore the fundamentals of health informatics while evaluating tools, processes, and information systems as they apply to patient care. You can expect to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Examine the role of informatics in improving healthcare quality and safety
- Understand patients’ healthcare information needs, including system usability and design
- Develop solutions to increase patient engagement with their care
- Apply technologies to lead successful informatics initiatives
Students in the Doctor of Pharmacy—Accelerated (PharmD) program may consider adding this certificate to their degree.
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or concurrent enrollment in a PharmD or other first-professional degree program at MCPHS.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
- No standardized tests are required.
- HIN 710 | Essentials of Health Informatics
- HIN 771 | Consumer Focused Tools & Systems
- HIN 773 | Human Factors Design & Interoperability
- HIN 775 | Project Management for Health Informatics
Online tuition is calculated at a cost-per-credit rate based on the program you choose and the number of credits for which you register. Learn more about online tuition and fees.
Harnessing Data to Improve Patient Care
Dr. Pamela Charney brings decades of informatics experience to the School of Healthcare Business and Technology at MCPHS, teaching students to use technology to give healthcare data meaning and lead innovations across the industry.