Medical/ Health Informatics Asvini.S
Jan 02, 2016
What is Health Informatics?
•Intersection of IT, computer science, and health care
•Design and optimize information systems for the health care sectors
•modeling, organizing, standardizing, processing, analyzing, communicating and searching health & biomedical research data
Branches
Clinical informatics
Nursing informatics
Consumer- health informatics
Public health informatics
Dental informatics
Clinical research informatics
Bioinformatics
Veterinary informatics
Pharmacy informatics
Imaging informatics
Work Hours
•Average 35 hours, but varies
depending on the task
•Most times requires work
late nights and weekends
High School credits or Training
Diploma with completion of Grade 12 U/M
English
Math
Biology
Information Tech
2 Social Sciences
OR
“Mature Student Status” with minimal one year experience in IT/ healthcare sectors
Education/Training required• 2-year College Diploma or University Degree in Health Sciences
or• 3-year College Diploma in Information Technology
or •equivalent one year of relevant work experience
•Some programs require Bachelors degree in healthcare related fields•Minimal grade average depends on the location •English Competency
Education/Training is Available at...
Ryerson
York
Victoria
McMaster
Dalhousie
Waterloo
George Brown
Conestoga
Qualifications granted upon Completion
•Specialized honours (BHS) Bachelor of Health
Science in Health Informatics
•(MHI) Master of Health Informatics
•Ph.D. HIS (health information science)
•Bachelor of Applied Health Information Science
•Recognition as a Certified
Engineering Technologist
Possible Employers
•Systems analysts- Robert Half Technology
location. Robert Half Technology, Bay Street, Toronto, ON
About 40 min drive
•Case Costing Consultant - Decision Support credit valley hospital
Location: Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON
About 25 min drive
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