Medical informatics is the intersection of information science, medicine and health care. It deals with the resources, devices and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of information in health and medicine. Informatics tools include not only computers but also clinical guidelines, formal medical terminologies, and information and communication systems. A degree in medical informatics provides students with expertise needed to evaluate information, organize it efficiently, index it for retrieval and preserve it for history. Students gain an understanding of information behavior and policy, learn effective procedures for implementation and assessment of information systems and develop strategies for enhancing user satisfaction in the information-seeking process. A degree in medical informatics enables students to seek positions where data, systems and people come together.

Suggested Course Sequence

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First Semester		Credit Hours	Prerequisite
BIO125	Medical Terminology	3	-
ITD1XX	Information Technology Seminar	1	-
ECA122	Computer Applications for Technical Professionals	3	-
ECA144	Desktop, LAN, and WAN Technologies	3	-
ECA228	Internet/Intranet Design and Development (HTML, XHTML, and CSS)	3	-
ENG124	College Composition	3	Test
		16
Second Semester
COM121/122/123	Effective Speaking or Interpersonal Communication or Intergroup Communications	3	None/None/ ENG124
ECA143	Planning, Designing, and Implementing an Imaging System	3	-
ECA147	MCAS: Using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Access)	3	ECA122
ECA148	Microsoft Excel: Analyzing Data to Make Better Decisions	3	ECA122
ECA253	Data Modeling and Database Design	3	-
		15
Summer Semester
ENG221	Technical Report Writing	3	ENG124
MTH222	Statistics	3	MTH100 or MTH125 or Test
	Arts/Humanities/Social Science Elective	3	-
		9
Third Semester
ECA150	Informatics	3	ECA253
ECA152	Microsoft Access: Designing Robust Applications	3	ECA122
ECA255	MCTS: Managing Projects with Microsoft Project	3	ECA122
ECA265	Generating Reports for Decision Making	3	ECA253
	Arts/Humanities/Social Science Elective	3	-
		15
Fourth Semester
ECA294	MCAS: Using Microsoft Vista, Outlook, and Publisher	3	ECA122
ECA264	IT Project Management	3	ECA122
ECA280	Advanced Informatics	3	ECA150
ECA292	Information  Technology Capstone	3	Sophomore Status
HIT230	Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.	2	-
		14
TOTAL CREDITS		69

ECA292 should be taken in the last or next-to-last semester of enrollment