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Medical Informatics

 

Medical Informatics is the intersection of health care and technology. Although the field is relatively new, it has been ranked as one of the top five healthcare careers by US News and World Report. At Bellevue Community College we offer a Medical Informatics Certificate of Accomplishment, a three quarter, 30 credit program designed for both working professionals and students who want to gain employment in this stimulating and emerging field. Individuals with backgrounds in healthcare or information technology fields are encouraged to apply.

 

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Download Certificate Requirements and Planning/Completion Worksheet (PDF)

 

Upon successful completion of the program, you will be ready to:

 

  • Apply the essential concepts, theories and models of healthcare practice to real world applications.
  • Participate in successful project planning, analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation that involve both Information Technologists and clinical health-care providers.
  • Define, retrieve and manipulate the data elements that make up effective healthcare databases, such as Electronic Health Records and computerized patient order entry systems.
  • Evaluate medical computer software and enabling hardware, using established human factors principles.
  • Identify and apply high-quality health care information found on the Internet and in health-care journals.
  • Recognize current and future trends and issues that affect healthcare and Medical Informatics.

 

Instruction is online, except for one meeting held in the evening the first week every quarter to meet with the instructor and fellow students at BCC North campus. The three required computer classes may be taken online or in person at times scheduled in BCC's quarterly catalogs.

 

The BCC Medical Informatics Certificate is awarded upon successful completion of 30 credits. For more information about the courses, visit the Course Descriptions page. To get started with registration, please visit Frequently Asked Questions or contact us at informatics@bcc.ctc.edu or by phone at 425-564-4182.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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