master of health care informatics ranked among the best by intelligent.com
program’s flexible schedule, faculty credentials and history of success fueled no. 2 national ranking by the site.
janel shoun-smith |
世界杯2022预选赛录像回放 ’s master of health care informatics (mhci) has been ranked nationally as the no. 2 such master’s program out of 39 listed by intelligent.com, with a score of 99.929. the program was also noted for having “the most flexible schedule.”
the mhci program is fully online, offering a comprehensive curriculum that is flexible and convenient, allowing students to balance personal and professional obligations while pursuing the degree, said beth breeden, associate professor and chair of the health care informatics (hci) program.
one course is completed every month with students and professors meeting friday evenings and saturdays online for two weekends during that month, allowing the highest quality educational experience without disrupting students’ careers.
the program provides students the ability to develop marketable skills in data analytics and visualization, sql, artificial intelligence, clinical decision support, and much more in addition to skills for interacting effectively with clinicians, administrators, business leaders and information technology (it) professionals as well as understanding the challenges of each role.
lipscomb’s hci students are working and/or seeking positions in health sciences, it and business analytics roles and seek advanced education and training in these areas through the hci program. graduates enjoy a >99% job placement rate in our program.
in 2010, lipscomb’s college of pharmacy was the second in the nation to establish an mhci program, making the program a very rare find in offering student pharmacists a dual pharm.d./mhci degree. demand for the dual pharm.d./mhci degrees continues to be strong. in may, the program’s job placement rate was 100% with graduates placed immediately into residencies, fellowships and full-time employment.
the mhci program has appeared on various online national ranking lists over the years, including three in the 2020-2021 school year alone:
- the program was ranked the 24th “best masters in healthcare informatics” in the country by collegechoice;
- it was ranked no. 20 in the nation by topmastersinhealthcare.com; and
- it was ranked in the 2020 top 50 “best masters in healthcare informatics” by value colleges.
the 2023 intelligent.com list evaluates graduate-level programs in health informatics that prepare students for careers such as health service managers, health information technicians and chief medical information officers.
the site evaluated each ranked program on the basis of flexibility, faculty, course strength, cost and reputation. factors considered were academic quality, graduation rates, return on investment and student resources.
contributing to lipscomb’s intelligent.com score for faculty, was breeden’s credentials, including the fact that she is one of only 97 american medical informatics association (amia) certified health informatics professional (achip) diplomates worldwide.
to create the 2023 rankings, intelligent.com pulled the most current information from the u.s. news & world report, bestcolleges.com and other pertinent ranking sites. it also pulled information from the u.s. department of education’s college scorecard, the national center of education statistics’ college navigator, college board and the bureau of labor statistics.
intelligent.com cites the u.s. bureau of labor statistics that demand for health service managers is expected to rise by 32%, with more than 133,000 new jobs expected to be created by 2029. the average salary for medical and health service managers is more than two times the average worker’s salary of $39,810, according to the bureau, and demand for medical records and health information technicians is expected to grow by 8 percent over the next decade.