The request to transfer of the Healthcare Information Technology Graduate Certificate Program to the Graduate School

Approved On: March 14, 2012
Implementation Date: 2012

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Summary

By agreement, participating units (CHHS, CCI, GS) propose to transfer responsibility of the Healthcare Information Technology Graduate Certificate program (HIT) from CHHS and CCI, to The Graduate School.

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• Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology

                                

Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology Interdisciplinary Program

704-687-87638585

http://hit.uncc.edu

 

Graduate Program Director

Dr. David Wilson, Department of Software and Information SystemsJoshua Hertel

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Graduate Faculty

 

Computer Science

See graduate faculty listings under Computer Science in the College of Computing and Informatics section of this Catalog.

 

Public Health Sciences

See graduate faculty listings under Public Health Sciences in the College of Health and Human Services section of this Catalog.

 

Software and Information Systems

See graduate faculty listings under Software and Information Systems in the College of Computing and Informatics section of this Catalog.

 

Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology

The purpose of the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology is to train individuals in the management of health and medical information and its secure exchange between consumers and providers. The certificate requires twelve (12) credit-hours of coursework and a three (3) credit-hour internship, for a total of fifteen (15) graduate credit hours. The certificate may be pursued concurrently with a related graduate degree program at UNC Charlotte.

 

Admission Requirements

For admission into the certificate program, applicants must meet the following requirements: 

1. A bachelor’s degree in related field, including, but not limited to, a life science, health science, health administration, business administration, or computing discipline.
2. Knowledge of applications of information technology, including an understanding of computers, data base management, and basic programming skills. 

 

Program Requirements

The following two courses comprise the required core:

 

ITIS 6200  Principles of Information Security and Privacy (3)

HADM 6100  Introduction to the US Health Care System (3)

 

One additional informatics course from the following list of electives is required:

 

ITIS 5160  Applied Database (3)

ITIS 5166  Network-Based Application Development (3)

ITIS 5300  Advance Web Client Design (3)

ITIS 6400  Principles of Human-Computer Interaction (3)

ITIS 6410  Personalization and Recommender Systems

ITCS 6160  Database Systems (3)

ITCS 6163  Data Warehousing (3)

ITCS 6162  Knowledge Discovery in Databases (3)

 

One additional health administration course from the following list of electives is required:

 

HADM 6104  Health and Disease (3)

HADM 6108  Decision Analysis in Health Care (3)

HADM 6134  Quality and Outcomes Management in Health Care (3)

HADM 6146  Information Resources Management (3)

HADM 6150  Health Law and Ethics (3)

 

Students must complete an internship after the completion of all required coursework:

      ITIS 6198  IT Internship Project (3)

             --or --

      HADM 6400  Internship (3)

 

Transfer credits cannot be applied to this certificate program.

 

Courses In Healthcare Information Technology

Computer Science Courses (ITCS)

See descriptions of ITCS courses under Computer Science in the College of Computing and Informatics section of this Catalog.

 

Health Administration Courses (HADM)

See descriptions of HADM courses under Health Administration in the College of Health and Human Services section of this Catalog.

 

Information Technology Courses (ITIS)

See descriptions of ITIS courses under Information Technology in the College of Computing and Informatics section of this Catalog.