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Take The First Step Towards Earning Your MSN Degree
"I knew as soon as I graduated with a BSN in nursing that I would continue to advance in nursing by one day returning to school. Grand Canyon University's program provides me with the flexibility to continue to work in a career I love while pursuing an advanced degree. I am able to complete classes by having the hybrid online and in classroom experience. I look forward to the challenged and experience this next year will provide in bringing me one step closer to my degree."
Tracy Von Aspen
M.S. in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner
Health Informatics
Why Study Health Informatics?
A master's degree in health informatics teaches you how to optimize the use of patient and health data to achieve better patient outcomes, reduce costs and augment operational efficiency. You are equipped to help organizations adapt to the integration of technology and the continuous changes in patient-care systems.
You also have the opportunity to learn how to automate clinical care, build new operational data systems, train healthcare workers in the use of computer systems and analyze data to improve patient care.
In the MSN informatics online degree program, course study includes:
- Healthcare research analysis
- Ethics, policy and finance
- Healthcare information systems
- Project evaluation and development
- Healthcare innovation
- Healthcare data management
- Electronic health records
- Research and population health management
- Leadership and informatics
What is a job in Health Informatics?
As a graduate of the masters in nursing informatics program, various roles are available, including:
- Informaticist
- Project manager
- Researcher
- System analyst
- Data analyst
- Administrator
- Executive
These roles may include automating clinical care, building new operational data systems, training healthcare workers in the use of computer systems or collecting and analyzing data to improve patient care.
You may choose to work in a variety of settings, including:
- Hospital
- Primary care facility
- Doctor's office
- Insurance company
- Pharmacy
- Technology supplier
- Consulting firm
- Government agency
Health Informatics
A degree designed for BSN-prepared nurses who want to better understand and apply the data involved in healthcare to make better decisions through evidenced-based practices.
Earn Your Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in
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Learn to use patient data to improve decision-making, achieve better patient outcomes and optimize operational efficiency with an MSN in Health Informatics.
Why Study Health Informatics?
A master's degree in health informatics teaches you how to optimize the use of patient and health data to achieve better patient outcomes, reduce costs and augment operational efficiency. You are equipped to help organizations adapt to the integration of technology and the continuous changes in patient-care systems.
You also have the opportunity to learn how to automate clinical care, build new operational data systems, train healthcare workers in the use of computer systems and analyze data to improve patient care.
In the MSN informatics online degree program, course study includes:
- Healthcare research analysis
- Ethics, policy and finance
- Healthcare information systems
- Project evaluation and development
- Healthcare innovation
- Healthcare data management
- Electronic health records
- Research and population health management
- Leadership and informatics
What is a Job in Health Informatics?
As a graduate of the masters in nursing informatics program, various roles are available, including:
- Informaticist
- Project manager
- Researcher
- System analyst
- Data analyst
- Administrator
- Executive
These roles may include automating clinical care, building new operational data systems, training healthcare workers in the use of computer systems or collecting and analyzing data to improve patient care.
You may choose to work in a variety of settings, including:
- Hospital
- Primary care facility
- Doctor's office
- Insurance company
- Pharmacy
- Technology supplier
- Consulting firm
- Government agency
Earn Your Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in
Online1 Programs Available
"I knew as soon as I graduated with a BSN in nursing that I would continue to advance in nursing by one day returning to school. Grand Canyon University's program provides me with the flexibility to continue to work in a career I love while pursuing an advanced degree. I am able to complete classes by having the hybrid online and in classroom experience. I look forward to the challenged and experience this next year will provide in bringing me one step closer to my degree."
Tracy Von Aspen
M.S. in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner
Have a Bachelor's Degree in a Field Other Than Nursing?
Bridge Program: MSN: Health Informatics
Transform your health care career at the intersection of two fast-growing fields: health care and information technology. The Bridge (Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Health Informatics) is for experienced RNs who desire to improve health care using cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights. Students in this nursing bridge program have earned a bachelor's degree outside of nursing and desire to gain foundational knowledge in preparation for the MSN degree.
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Total Program Credits: 40
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1 Clinical, practicum and immersion hours completed locally.