Mission
The Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) program seeks to provide students at Governors State University (GSU) with a complete education in understanding the role of advanced informatics (i.e. the application of technological devices, resources, methods/techniques) in transforming the healthcare delivery field. This program is designed to assist students in developing their academic and professional skills through their education experiences at GSU; through computational and healthcare courses at GSU; and through opportunities to participate in civic engagement.
The Master of Science in Health Informatics and certificate programs are STEM designated.
The College of Health and Human Services graduate Health Informatics degree is a program devoted to understanding how information technology (IT) and computing science can be used to transform the way that healthcare is delivered. It influences patients, providers, payers, policy-makers, and technology vendors. The health informatics program’s central academic objectives are:
Academic Objective 1: To enable students to understand the inter-relationships between information technology and healthcare services delivery, and the ways in which they mutually influence and transform each other.
Academic Objective 2: To provide students with technical, computational, analytical, and data analytics skills necessary to succeed in a mid-level health informatics role.