What Is Health Informatics?

Health Informatics is the field concerned with the optimal use of information, often aided by technology, to improve individual health, healthcare, public health and biomedical research. It helps in the collection of health data in a manner that is readily usable for analysis to improve care processes. Health informatics assists in identifying trends that could give insights on the health condition of patients and care processes. It also helps in improving the quality of care by generating better information and knowledge from the patients’ data to reduce medical errors and care costs.

The main goal of the Georgetown Health Informatics & Data Science program is to develop responsible leaders in health data science and medical informatics with rewarding careers in industry, government or academia. Depending on your prior educational background and professional experience, this program will train you to take on entry- to mid-senior-level job roles including: health data analyst, health business analyst, electronic health record (EHR) data manager, health technology consultant, health data scientist, nurse informatician, chief medical informatics officer (CMIO), and other related positions.