The M.S.B.I. program is designed to prepare students for careers in information management, teaching and research in academic health centers, other health care institutions and organizations, as well as the health care computing industry. It has become almost axiomatic that the organization and retrieval of information is essential for the development of new knowledge. Furthermore, the quality of a medical school’s computing and information technology environment will profoundly affect its ability to compete in both education and research. In addition, the quality of medical informatics will also influence the opportunity to collaborate with other health organizations including hospitals, health departments, medical societies, and physicians in remote areas. The major areas that the M.S.B.I. program includes are biomedical systems technology, health-information systems, medical decision support systems, image and signal analysis, statistical techniques and modeling, education and training, health care management, and human machine interface.
Curriculum Requirements
To develop a comprehensive medical informatics program at NSU-COM, a curriculum has been developed that includes teaching, clinical care, research, and development. The didactic courses will be offered predominantly in on-line fashion using WebCT or some similar format. Students will be required to complete their practicum within the environment in which it is being conducted. Each didactic course will have a final written examination and each practicum will require the submission of a completed project or report.
Required Courses (31 credits required)
Course
Credits
MI 5120 Management Information Systems in Health Care
3
MI 5130 Database Systems in Health Care
3
MI 5152 Information Security in Health Care
3
MI 5153 Telecommunications and Computer Networking in Health Care
3
MI 5160 System Analysis and Design for Health Care
3
MI 5200 Survey of Medical Informatics
3
MI 5204 Clinical Decision Support Systems
3
MI 5205 Program Evaluation in Health Information Technology
3
MI 5401 Managing Organizational Behavior for Medical Informatics
3
MI 7000 Biomedical Informatics Project/Practicum
4
Electives (12 credits required)
Course
Credits
MI 5121 Information Systems Project Management in Health Care
3
MI 5180 Human-Computer Interaction in Health Care Settings
3
MI 5203 Medical Informatics Applications to Health Services
3
MI 6400 Outcome Research
3
MI 6401 Biostatistics
3
MI 6403 Epidemiology
3
MI 6404 Special Topics in Health Informatics
3
MI 6405 Public Health Informatics
3
MI 6406 Information Technology Applications in Management Decisions
3
MI 6407 Grant Writing
3
MI 6408 Health Policy, Planning, and Management
3
MI 6409 Health Services Planning and Evaluation
3
MI 6410 Consumer Health Informatics
3
MI 6411 Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment
3
MI 6412 Leadership in Health Information Technology
3
MI 6414 Basic Skills for Clinical Analysts
3
MI 6415 Information Technologies in Medicine and Telehealth
3
MI 6416 Lean Six Sigma for Health Care
3
MI 6417 Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record Systems - A NextGen Approach
3
Grading System
0 - 100 Scale
Letter-Grade Scale
'Quality Points Scale'
94-100
A
4.0
90-93
A-
3.7
87-89
B+
3.3
84-86
B
3.0
80-83
B-
2.7
77-79
C+
2.3
73-76
C
2.0
70-72
C-
1.7
Below 70
F
0.0
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