Health Care Supervision and Management (HSM), a track in the Master of Science in Health Informatics program, provides students an opportunity to acquire advanced skills in administration and supervisory management in health care, long-term care, and rehabilitation. Students in this track develop the combined skills of health care management and organizational leadership. With these skills, graduates can implement their leadership and business acumen to enact change in a complex and dynamic health care landscape.
HSM Curriculum Requirements
All students enrolled in the Health Care Supervision and Management track are required to complete 36 credits. Students enrolled full-time normally complete the program in three to four consecutive terms. There are online and on-campus versions of this track. The curriculum and course contents are identical in these two versions. Domestic students can choose either of them according to their situation or preference before the enrollment. International students are required to attend the on-campus version of the track.
The Health Care Supervision and Management curriculum allows students to choose from required courses and elective courses. Elective courses can be chosen from other health informatics tracks in the department, other departments in SHRS, or other academic programs within the University.
Curriculum Effective Fall 2022
Required Courses (27 credits)
- HI 2210 Health Information and the Health Care System
- HI 2250 Foundations of Health Informatics
- HI 2452 Digital Health
- HI 2231 Talent Management and Human Resources
- HI 2632 Leadership and Project Management
- HI 2230 Financial Management and Health Care Reimbursement
- HI 2455 Database Design and Management for Healthcare
- HI 2236 Quality and Performance Improvment in Healthcare: Methodologies, Core Skills, and Lean Green Belt Certification
- HI 2456 Healthcare IT Trends and Innovation
Electives (9 credits)
- HI 2450 Security, Privacy, Legal and Ethical Issues in Health IT
- HI 2410 Health Vocabulary, Terminology & Classification Systems
- HI 2650 Practical Research and Evaluation Methods
- HI 2451 Database Design and Big Data Analytics
- HI 2454 Data Science in Health Informatics
- HI 2453 Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Health Science
- HI 2021 Pratical Statistics & Programming using R
- HI 2670 Health Informatics Capstone/Internship
Curriculum Effective Spring 2021
Required Courses (27 credits)
- HI 2210 Health Information and the Health Care System
- HI 2250 Foundations of Health Informatics
- HI 2452 Digital Health
- HI 2231 Talent Management and Human Resources
- HI 2632 Leadership and Project Management
- HI 2230 Financial Management and Health Care Reimbursement
- HI 2455 Database Design and Management for Healthcare
- HI 2236 Quality and Performance Improvment in Healthcare: Methodologies, Core Skills, and Lean Green Belt Certification
- HI 2456 Healthcare IT Trends and Innovation
Electives (9 credits)
- HI 2450 Security, Privacy, Legal and Ethical Issues in Health IT
- HI 2410 Health Vocabulary, Terminology & Classification Systems
- HI 2650 Practical Research and Evaluation Methods
- HI 2451 Database Design and Big Data Analytics
- HI 2454 Data Science in Health Informatics
- HI 2453 Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Health Science
- HI 2020 Pratical Statistics & Programming using Python and R
- HI 2670 Health Informatics Capstone/Internship
Curriculum for Students who Entered Before Spring 2021
Required Courses (30 credits)
- HI 2250 Foundations of Health Informatics
- HI 2450 Security, Privacy, Legal and Ethical Issues in Health IT
- HI 2210 Health Information and the Health Care System
- HI 2410 Health Vocabulary, Terminology & Classification Systems
- HI 2231 Talent Management and Human Resources
- HI 2452 Digital Health
- HI 2632 Leadership and Project Management
- HI 2230 Financial Management and Health Care Reimbursement
- HI-2670 Health Informatics Capstone/Internship
- HI 2650 Practical Research and Evaluation Methods
Electives (select 6 credits with advisor)
- HI 2451 Database Design and Big Data Analytics
- HI 2454 Data Science in Health Informatics
- HI 2453 Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Health Science
- HI 2020 Pratical Statistics & Programming using Python and RHRS 2901 - Intro to Research Methodology
- HRS 2910 Statistical Applications/Health and Rehab OR (BIOST 2011, 2041, 2042,; PSYED 2018)
- HRS 2905 Ethical Issues in Health Care
- HRS 2482 Legal Aspects of Health Care
- HRS 2480 Dimensions of Aging: Culture and Health
- HRS 2708 Individual, Social, and Cultural Experience of Disability
- LAW 5339 Law of Disability Discrimination
Please note: All students are required to finish one Health Informatics capstone/internship and one course in medical terminology if they do not have that course or clinical background. Pitt offers a Coursera course in Medical Terminology that can meet this program requirement. However, the student can choose another medical terminology course as well.
Many HI courses are only offered once per academic year. In this case, if a student fails to successfully complete a course, the student must retake the course the next academic year. This may prevent the student from registering for advanced-level courses and delay graduation.