Health Informatics (MS)

Format(s)
On-campus, Online
Degree Type
Master of Science or Certificates
Duration

Full-time:
12-16 months
(3-4 terms, including 1 summer term)

Part-time:
2 years
(6 terms, including 2 summer terms)

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Format(s)
On-campus, Online
Degree Type
Master of Science or Certificates
Duration

Full-time:
12-16 months
(3-4 terms, including 1 summer term)

Part-time:
2 years
(6 terms, including 2 summer terms)

Request Info

Have Questions?

Contact this program’s enrollment specialist(s):

Noah Lheureau
Noah Lheureaunoah.lheureau@pitt.edu
Marc Santom
Marc Santommrs460@pitt.edu

Program Outcomes

Health informatics is an in-demand industry. The number of medical and health services manager jobs is expected to grow 23% by 2034 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024). Graduates of the Health Informatics (MS) program can expand their careers through various roles, including those in:

Leadership

  • Health Informatics Business Analyst
  • Director of Health Informatics
  • Medical Director of Informatics Quality and Process Improvement
  • Clinical Informatics Coordinator

Analytics

  • Health Data Scientist
  • Health Informatics Data Analyst
  • Clinical Informatics Analyst
  • Clinical Informatics Specialist
  • Clinical Informatics Director
  • Chief Medical Information Officer

Technology

  • Health Informatics Consultant
  • Systems Analyst
  • EHR Implementation Specialist
  • Informatics Analyst
  • Health IT Project Manager
  • Product Manager
  • Privacy Officer

Alumni Employers

Pitt Health Informatics alumni find success working in a wide variety of industries and companies:

Health Care Organizations

  • Allegheny Health Network
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center
  • OhioHealth
  • Pittsburgh VA Hospital
  • Premier Healthcare
  • UPMC
  • UPMC Enterprise – Data Quality
  • UPMC Magee
  • UPMC Revenue Cycle

Health Plans

  • Cigna
  • Gateway Health
  • Highmark
  • UPMC Health Plan

IT Companies

  • Epic Systems Corporation
  • HM Health Solutions
  • MRO Corporation
  • Omnicell

Learning Outcomes

Graduates stand out as applied health informaticists who can immediately apply their knowledge through modern technologies and critical thinking skills to:

  • Effectively communicate with health industry stakeholders (including administrators, clinicians, governmental/regulatory bodies, health care workers, IT, patients, payers, providers, researchers, and suppliers/vendors) by interpreting and exemplifying ideas through technical and industry-specific language.
  • Proactively identify needs and opportunities through a variety of techniques related to access, care, clinical outcomes, costs, patient satisfaction and engagement, and quality in the health care system.
  • Leverage technical knowledge and skills and industry best practices to propose creative technology-based informatics solutions–such as databases and IT infrastructures–to improve patient care.
  • Support clinical and health care business decision-making through the use of data analytics and research; exhibiting an ability to collect, analyze and interpret results, and a familiarity with analytical tools.
  • Lead working groups and organizations through the use of appropriate oral and written communication, peer collaboration and project management.
  • Grow and adapt with a rapidly evolving industry through a combination of continuing education, research and professional development.

Program Enrollment

  • Number of admitted students: 106
  • Number of matriculated students: 88
  • Number of students either graduated or active in the program: 77

This data was collected during the time period of September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022.