Professor Andrew T. Sumner, Coordinator.  asumner@gsu.edu

Health Administration and Computer Information Systems are pleased to jointly announce a new MBA concentration in Health Informatics.  The healthcare sector plays an increasingly important role in the US society and there is growing pressure to implement innovations that make it possible to deliver health services of higher quality and at lower costs. Healthcare institutions and processes are information-intensive in nature and the use of information technology (IT) to enable innovations has therefore been, and continues to be, in focus. However, many studies report difficulties in successfully innovating healthcare institutions and processes enabled by IT. In fact, the maturity of IT infrastructures and applications in the healthcare industry is considered to be years behind other industries such as banking, airlines, and manufacturing. For this reason, there is a strong need to develop managerial competencies aimed at enhancing the use of IT for healthcare purposes.

The goal of the MBA concentration in Health Informatics is to provide students with specialized skills to improve healthcare services enabled by information technology. Such improvements focus on the information-intensive nature of healthcare institutions and processes to increase the quality and reduce the cost of healthcare services.

Courses required for the concentration (12 semester hours) in Health Informatics are:

CIS 8070 Mobile and Wireless Information Systems

CIS 8080 Security & Privacy of Information & Information Systems

HA 8160 Health Care System

HA 8670 Health Information Systems

Suggested electives for Health Informatics are in recommended order:

CIS 8010 Process Innovation

CIS 8000 IT Project Management

HA 8550 Health Planning and Financial Management

CIS 8090 Enterprise Architecture

Suggested Program of Study