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The online graduate certificate in health informatics from Mizzou can help you improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health services. If you want to help lead the development, use and evaluation of information technology in health care, this may be the certificate for you.
For questions, contact Lhakpa Lama, coordinator of student recruitment and admissions, at Ldlpdp@missouri.edu or call 573-884-0698. This program is administered by theĀ Department of Health Management and Informatics.
Quick facts
Official name
Graduate certificate in health informaticsCampus
Program type
Graduate certificateAcademic home
School of Medicine | Department of Health Management and InformaticsDelivery mode
Blended, some campus visits requiredAccreditation
Higher Learning CommissionCredit hours
12Estimated cost
$10,686.00*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, your course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.

Career prospects
This program has potential benefits for
- Health care consultants
- Health care information system designers
- Health care managers
- Nurses
- Physicians
Program structure
Delivery of this program is blended; some weekend campus visits are required.
Courses are semester-based. Students typically take one or two classes each semester and finish in just one year.
Course work includes
- Clinical, research and administrative applications of information systems in health services delivery
- Analysis of technical and policy issues surrounding the security of data
- Organization, development and improvement of the infrastructure necessary to support an enterprise information system for patient care
- Application of principles and techniques of decision support systems in health care
Delivery
Blended, some campus visits requiredCalendar system
Semester-basedTypical program length
1 yearTypical course load
1 or 2 classes each semesterAccreditation
The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States.