The Program in Health Informatics is designed to be trans-disciplinary in its focus. In the United States, this is the first program in Informatics that does not reside in a discipline-specific professional school.
Students come from a variety of disciplines and bring the strengths of their discipline knowledge.
They work in interdisciplinary teams to better understand the knowledge unique to each discipline and how that knowledge must be translated for use by other disciplines. The masters and doctoral degree programs incorporate an interdisciplinary and integrative design that, to our knowledge, is unique to the field of health informatics in the United States. This means that the fundamental informatics concepts that transcend and apply to all traditional healthcare disciplines will be emphasized. Moreover, this programs will identify and teach the major informatics concepts that integrate and link diverse health disciplines creating focus on patient healthcare. Individuals holding a baccalaureate or higher degree in a health related degree, computer science or management information systems can apply for the graduate Health Informatics program.