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Healthcare Information Systems

Summer 2025 > Health Sciences > PUBH.6070 > 061

Course No: PUBH.6070-061; SIS Class Nbr: 2035; SIS Term: 3440
Course Status: Open

Course Description

This course provides a broad-range overview of the healthcare information systems industry, its history, recent developments and continuing challenges, as well as a practical understanding of healthcare information systems acquisition and implementation. Topics include EMR, Data, CMS Quality Programs, Clinical Integration and health information exchange.

Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor

  • Prerequisites: Students with a CSCE career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.
  • Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
  • Instructor: Abel Gyan
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When Offered & Tuition

  • Online Course
  • 2025 Summer: May 19 to Jul 27
  • Course Level: Graduate
  • Tuition: $1800 | Pay as little as $ 917.50/mo for this course.
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  • Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.

Related Programs: M.S. in Business Analytics, Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pathology, Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics, Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management, M.P.H. in Healthcare Management, M.S. in Health Information Management: Health Informatics Option, DNP in Nursing Practice, Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics and Technology

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