HEALTH INFORMATICS, MSHI
Patient information is private and incredibly important to health care—in fact, to deliver the best care possible, healthcare providers need experts like you to provide and organize that sensitive information. In just two years time, you can learn the skills you need to pursue an informatics career at a healthcare facility, government, or elsewhere.
Not only can you learn these important skills, you can fit it within your already busy schedule. That's right. We specifically designed this curriculum with online classes and limited residential requirements to make it easier for you to keep up with your full-time job and other responsibilities. To get started, you'll take courses that cover topics such as clinical, administrative, and health information systems, security in health care, strategic planning, and leadership development. If you concentrate in data analytics, you'll take courses such as Advanced Database Design, Business Intelligence for Healthcare, and Quantitative Methods. With the user experience concentration, your coursework will include User-Based Design and User-Based Research, among other subjects. Both curriculum options include capstone projects. You’ll also complete a three-day residential visit each fall and spring semester.
Intakes
- Jan
- June
- Aug
Application Processing Time in Days: 20
Minimum English Language Requirements
English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
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Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
Every UAB employee plays an integral part in our mission to deliver excellence in education, research, and patient care.
In a little more than four decades, UAB has transformed from its modest beginnings as an extension center into a doctoral research university and academic medical center. And we have the same audacious vision that led our founders to dream big dreams: to educate, advance discovery, care for the sick, respond to the needs of our community and establish Alabama as a progressive economic center that can change the world.
By working at UAB, you too can be a part of this mission and bring your perspective, experience, ideas, and dedication to helping us further that mission.
Every UAB employee plays an integral part in our mission to deliver excellence in education, research, and patient care.
In a little more than four decades, UAB has transformed from its modest beginnings as an extension center into a doctoral research university and academic medical center. And we have the same audacious vision that led our founders to dream big dreams: to educate, advance discovery, care for the sick, respond to the needs of our community and establish Alabama as a progressive economic center that can change the world.
By working at UAB, you too can be a part of this mission and bring your perspective, experience, ideas, and dedication to helping us further that mission.
PSW Opportunity
PSW is 3 Years
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
International students from non-English speaking countries are required to submit English proficiency scores (TOEFL/IELTS/PTEA) that meet the Graduate School's minimum score requirements.
TOEFL: 80
IELTS: 6.5
PTEA: 53
IELA: 176
Duolingo: 120
We will only accept English proficiency scores that have been taken within a two (2) year period from the date that the application was submitted. Scores that exceed this time frame are considered expired and will not be accepted. We will not accept English proficiency test scores that are more than two years old unless program requests a recency waiver on the applicant's behalf.
Applicants must contact the testing agency to have the official scores sent to the UAB Graduate School. TOEFL scores should be submitted to institution code 1856; IELTS and PTEA scores should be issued electronically or mailed directly to the UAB Graduate School.
UAB does not accept My Best Scores from TOEFL. You will need to submit individual test date score reports to your application.
English Proficiency Exam Waiver
We may waive the requirement according to the guidelines below:
The applicant has earned a bachelor's, graduate, or professional degree in the United States with a GPA of 3.00 or higher.
The applicant is a citizen of one of the following countries:
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Masters/PG Degree
- Duration: 01 Year
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Total Tuition Fee:
43140 USD
Annual Cost of Living: 14000 USD
Application Fee: 60 USD
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