About
The Healthcare and Public Health Analytics specialized studies program is ideal for individuals who want to pursue or advance their career in the healthcare, public health, and information and digital technology fields. The program is designed for those looking to gain analytical skills to transform data into valuable insights to support evidence-based decision making. Using data analytics in healthcare and public health settings can improve patient and population health outcomes, lower costs, improve the quality, safety, and equity of care, enhance system performance for healthcare delivery and population health management, and optimize business operations.
Learn health informatics and advanced analytics while discovering data sources and assets, digital health strategy, and data acquisition and management. Develop data mining applications for healthcare and public health to visualize, analyze, and implement informatics solutions for healthcare delivery and population health management. Study and deploy artificial intelligence and machine-learning solutions to improve patient care, population health, and business outcomes. Additional topics include clinical decision support systems, security and privacy, data governance, digital health, telehealth, and wearable devices.
This program is administered through the UCI Division of Continuing Education, and is in partnership with UCI Public Health, the UCI Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences and the UCI Institute for Clinical & Translational Sciences.
Who Should Enroll
- Undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of health sciences
- Healthcare executives and administrators and public health officials
- Clinicians, medical assistants, healthcare consultants, and other healthcare workers in hospitals, medical groups, clinics, and community care centers
- Employees of public health agencies, community health organizations, and other types of organizations that have a public health focus
- Employees in life science, health science, medical insurance, pharma industries, and other relevant fields
- Data analysts, health informaticians, and technical specialists
Program Benefits
- Define the core competencies for health informatics and health data analytics professionals
- Make the connection between business goals and data analytics, including data strategy and data governance
- Explain the general functions, purposes, and benefits of health informatics and health data analytics in various healthcare and public health settings
- Utilize appropriate tools and techniques to acquire, manage, analyze, and interpret health data
- Leverage data to improve quality and safety of patient care delivery
- Leverage data to inform decision and policy making in public and population health
Time to Program Completion
The Healthcare and Public Health Analytics Certificate requires a time commitment of 12 months and has four required courses. All courses are held online. For course schedule and descriptions, please visit the our Certificate Program page.
Career Opportunities
The occupational outlook for medical and health services managers in the U.S. are as follows. As of 2021, there are roughly 450,000 annual job openings, has a projected job growth of 28%, and the salary of highly experienced professionals is ~$200K per year.
