Health Informatics

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This course is accredited by the British Computer Society for partial fulfilment of the academic requirement for Chartered IT Professional.

Overview
MSc in Health Informatics is the longest-established postgraduate course in this field in Europe. The course equips you with the cutting-edge knowledge and skills necessary for the organisation and delivery of an informatics-led health service.

Typical applicants are clinical and allied health professionals who wish to enhance their careers and computer scientists, engineers and others with relevant technical or professional qualifications who wish to move into a successful career involving the application of ICT in the health service and associated industries.

You will be part of a highly multi-professional and strongly international cohort and will also benefit from lectures given by leading experts and from the University's central location, close to many hospitals and medical centres.

Graduates of the course pursue successful careers in the health service (both state and private sectors in the UK and overseas) and in related healthcare industries and organisations; the course has a successful track record of producing more than 250 very employable graduates over the past 15 years. The MSc in Health Informatics is also excellent preparation for doctoral study in the field.

Why study Health Informatics at City University London?
* The longest-established course of its kind in Europe, the MSc in Health Informatics has a successful track record of producing more than 250 very employable graduates over the past 15 years. Over recent years, 90 per cent or more of MSc Health Informatics graduates were typically employed within six months of graduation
* You will be joining a postgraduate Health Informatics course which is the first to be accredited at Masters level by the NHS Information Authority
* You will be part of a highly multi-professional and strongly international cohort of students which will substantially enhance your learning experience
* Central location, close to many hospitals and medical centres
* Lectures given by leading expert in their fields
* All modules in this course are supported by the University's online learning environment (Moodle). You will be able to access lecture materials and engage in discussions with student colleagues, teaching staff and the course team.

Typical applicants are clinical and allied health professionals who wish to enhance their careers and computer scientists, engineers and others with relevant technical or professional qualifications who wish to move into a successful career involving the application of ICT in the health service and associated industries. You will be part of a multiprofessional and international cohort and will benefit from a course of lectures given by leading experts and the University's location close to many hospitals and medical centres.

Course Structure
8 Core Module(s):

Clinical Records

* Demonstrate a systemic knowledge and understanding of the major practical issues associated with the capture and exchange of clinical data in medicine
* Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the available techniques and technologies in relation to electronic patients' records
* Critically appreciate and evaluate the role standard, coding and terminologies in electronic patients' record
* Utilise a broad range of standards and techniques covered in the module and apply them to the specific clinical patients' record systems.

Data Analysis with Healthcare

* Interpret the results of a statistical hypothesis test
* Summarise and tabulate healthcare data and display it graphically self-evaluate their understanding of each topic in relation to that of rest of class
* Undertake analysis of any data and solve basic problems independently use a standard statistical package with increased understanding of the output use appropriate statistical and related methods in the analysis of healthcare data

Database

Information Architecture

* Web analytics
* Search, metadata and users' information-seeking behaviour
* Website organization and navigation schemes
* Key design documents in the IA process
* Knowledge of content management and e-commerce systems
* Introduction to system specification
* Introduction to databases

Information for Decisions in Healthcare

* Demonstrate in a systematic and systemic manner the role of information and informatics in supporting healthcare delivery
* Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the role of information in relation to the decision making process in healthcare
* Understand critically the role of formal methods to support the decision making process and the relative merits of alternative models
* Understand, critically, the role of formal methods to support evaluation and decision making in complex settings use formal models to support the processes of clinical decision making
* Demonstrate an approach to the use of models to support the decision making process which is informed, professional, considered and ethically sound

Knowledge Management in Healthcare

* Understand and fully appreciate the importance of knowledge representation
* Critically examine the success and failure of health related applications
* Demonstrate the ability to apply suitable tools from the module to appropriate health related problems
* Demonstrate the ability to examine a health related problem and formulate a solution using the modern knowledge management tools presented in the module
* Demonstrate an approach to the use of modern knowledge management tools that is informed, professional, considered and ethically sound

Research, Methods and Professional Issues

Telemedicine

* Demonstrate a detailed understanding of the conceptual basis of telemedicine and its role in decision making, improving delivery of patient care and in education, in medicine and healthcare
* Understand the role of Telemedicine in: - distributed care - the support services (laboratory medicine and imaging services)
* Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the technical issues and parameters relating to Telemedicine
* Demonstrate a practical knowledge of the functioning of a variety of e-health and wireless technology, based around Telemedicine systems
* Demonstrate the importance of telecommunication and imaging standards in Telemedicine

The minimum entry requirement is a good second class Honours degree from a UK university in a medical or numerate subject, a recognised equivalent from an accredited international institution or an equivalent professional qualification. Other degree subjects or professional qualifications can be accepted if a candidate has subsequently had relevant health service or industrial experience. Applicants should have good professional English in order to understand and produce literature of a complex technical nature.For those students whose first language is not English, one of the following qualifications is also required: * IELTS: 6.5 (minimum of 6.0 in all four test components) * TOEFL (internet based): 90 English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL iBT® test: 90 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.