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Health Informatics, MS

2023-2024 Edition

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Northeastern University’s interdisciplinary Master of Science in Health Informatics was the first MS in the field and is now one of the few that is fully interdisciplinary between health science and computer science.

The program seeks to prepare students to address the combined clinical, technical, and business needs of health-related professionals. Students may opt to select a concentration to deepen their knowledge in a particular area. Successful students graduate with the knowledge of how technology, people, health, and the healthcare system interrelate; the ability to use technology and information management to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes; and the skills to communicate effectively among healthcare practitioners, administrators, information technology professionals, and patients.

Please visit Bouvé College Learning Outcomes for the specific student learning outcomes for this program.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

A grade of B– or higher is required in each course.

Core Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
HINF 5101Introduction to Health Informatics and Health Information Systems3
HINF 5105The American Healthcare System3

Program Options

Choose one of the following options:

  • Health Informatics (Without Concentration)
  • Health Informatics with Health Informatics Analytics Concentration
  • Health Informatics with Personal Health Informatics Concentration

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

Minimum 33 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required


Health Informatics  (Without Concentration)

Course List
Code Title Hours
Required Coursework in Addition to Core Requirements
Business Management
Complete two of the following:6
HINF 5407
Business Application of Decision Support in Healthcare
HINF 6201
Organizational Behavior, Work Flow Design, and Change Management
HINF 6202
Business of Healthcare Informatics
HINF 6215
Project Management
or EMGT 5220
Engineering Project Management
HINF 6335
Management Issues in Healthcare Information Technology
HINF 6240
Improving the Patient Experience through Informatics
PHTH 5226
Strategic Management and Leadership in Healthcare
Health Informatics
Complete two of the following:6
HINF 5102
Data Management in Healthcare
HINF 5110
Global Health Information Management
HINF 5200
Theoretical Foundations in Personal Health Informatics
HINF 5300
Personal Health Interface Design and Development
HINF 5301
Evaluating Health Technologies
HINF 6205
Creation and Application of Medical Knowledge
HINF 6350
Public Health Surveillance and Informatics
HINF 6404
Patient Engagement Informatics and Analytics
HINF 6405
Quantifying the Value of Informatics
PHTH 5232
Evaluating Healthcare Quality
Technical
Complete two of the following:6
HINF 6220
Database Design, Access, Modeling, and Security
HINF 6355
Interoperability Key Standards in Health Informatics
HINF 6400
Introduction to Health Data Analytics
PHTH 5202
Introduction to Epidemiology
PHTH 5210
Biostatistics in Public Health
PHTH 6210
Applied Regression Analysis
PHTH 6400
Principles of Population Health 1
PHTH 6440
Advanced Methods in Biostatistics
One course from the following may count toward the technical core requirement:
DA 5020
Collecting, Storing, and Retrieving Data
DA 5030
Introduction to Data Mining/Machine Learning
INSH 5301
Introduction to Computational Statistics
INSH 5302
Information Design and Visual Analytics
Capstone
HINF 7701Health Informatics Capstone Project3
Electives
Complete two of the following: 6
DA 5020
Collecting, Storing, and Retrieving Data
DA 5030
Introduction to Data Mining/Machine Learning
HINF 6345
Design for Usability in Healthcare
INSH 5301
Introduction to Computational Statistics
INSH 5302
Information Design and Visual Analytics

Health Informatics Analytics Concentration

Course List
Code Title Hours
Required Coursework in Addition to Core Requirements
Business Management
Complete two of the following:6
HINF 6201
Organizational Behavior, Work Flow Design, and Change Management
HINF 6202
Business of Healthcare Informatics
HINF 6215
Project Management
or EMGT 5220
Engineering Project Management
HINF 6335
Management Issues in Healthcare Information Technology
HINF 6240
Improving the Patient Experience through Informatics
PHTH 5226
Strategic Management and Leadership in Healthcare
Health Informatics
Complete two of the following:6
HINF 5102
Data Management in Healthcare
HINF 5110
Global Health Information Management
HINF 5200
Theoretical Foundations in Personal Health Informatics
HINF 5300
Personal Health Interface Design and Development
HINF 5301
Evaluating Health Technologies
HINF 6205
Creation and Application of Medical Knowledge
HINF 6350
Public Health Surveillance and Informatics
HINF 6404
Patient Engagement Informatics and Analytics
HINF 6405
Quantifying the Value of Informatics
PHTH 5232
Evaluating Healthcare Quality
Technical
IE 6200Engineering Probability and Statistics4
OR 6205Deterministic Operations Research4
Capstone
HINF 7701Health Informatics Capstone Project3
Elective
Complete one of the following: 4
IE 5137
Computational Modeling in Industrial Engineering
IE 5390
Structured Data Analytics for Industrial Engineering
IE 5400
Healthcare Systems Modeling and Analysis
IE 5640
Data Mining for Engineering Applications
IE 6600
Computation and Visualization for Analytics
IE 6700
Data Management for Analytics
IE 7275
Data Mining in Engineering

Personal Health Informatics Concentration

Course List
Code Title Hours
Required Coursework in Addition to Core Requirements
Health Informatics
HINF 6205Creation and Application of Medical Knowledge3
Technical
CS 5340Computer/Human Interaction4
Complete one of the following. Students must petition to take electives outside the approved list.4
CS 5010
Programming Design Paradigm
CS 5520
Mobile Application Development
CS 5610
Web Development
CS 6200
Information Retrieval
Complete one of the following:3
HINF 6220
Database Design, Access, Modeling, and Security
HINF 6355
Interoperability Key Standards in Health Informatics
Theory and Evaluation
PHTH 5210Biostatistics in Public Health 13
Complete one of the following:4
CS 6350
Empirical Research Methods (On campus only)
HINF 5200
Theoretical Foundations in Personal Health Informatics
Culminating Experience
Complete one of the two options below. 6
Thesis Option
Students must enroll in HINF 7990 for two semesters for a total of 6 semester hours with director approval only and under supervision of Personal Health Informatics faculty.
HINF 7990
Thesis
Capstone Option
HINF 7701
Health Informatics Capstone Project
Complete any course for a minumum of 3 semester from the Health Informatics (without concentration) curriculum, that has not been used in previous requirements.
1

Student may petition director to take a more advanced stats course, such as Applied Regression Analysis (PHTH 6210). 

 
 
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