Health Informatics Online Master's Degree

Building Health Technology That Delivers Results

Health systems, payers, and digital health companies are rapidly adopting electronic health records, AI-enabled decision support, remote monitoring, and value-based care models—yet many initiatives fall short of adoption, interoperability, or measurable impact. The challenge is not a lack of innovation but a shortage of professionals who can navigate clinical workflows, data standards, regulation, and implementation simultaneously. This program prepares you to translate clinical needs into effective digital solutions that support care delivery, improve outcomes, and deliver value at scale.

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What You Will Learn

Rather than focusing on analytics or clinical informatics in isolation, this degree integrates healthcare operations, interoperable data systems, and implementation strategy to prepare students to design, implement, evaluate, and scale digital health solutions across healthcare delivery, public health, and life sciences. Learning is grounded in applied labs, synthetic EHR datasets, and real-world project work, culminating in an applied capstone in which you'll demonstrate your ability to deliver digital health solutions that align clinical value, regulatory requirements, and operational realities.

You'll develop expertise in:

  • Clinical workflow analysis and translation
  • Interoperable healthcare data standards (FHIR and HL7)
  • Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and hands-on configuration
  • Clinical data science, analytics, and machine learning
  • Regulatory, ethical, and compliance frameworks in healthcare
  • Project management for digital therapeutics and health technology
  • Implementation science, outcomes measurement, and adoption
  • Health economics and reimbursement strategy

You will choose one market-driven elective to tailor your expertise in:

  • Generative AI in healthcare
  • Health equity and social determinants of health (SDOH)
  • Healthcare cybersecurity

What Sets Brandeis Apart

Unlike programs that focus solely on clinical informatics or technical analytics, Brandeis prepares interdisciplinary practitioners who can move digital health initiatives from concept to adoption. The curriculum integrates interoperable data architecture, hands-on EHR experience, implementation science, and reimbursement strategy—reflecting how healthcare innovation succeeds in practice. Situated within a strong regional healthcare and digital health ecosystem, the program equips graduates to lead informatics efforts across health systems, insurers, startups, research organizations, and public health agencies, connecting clinical insight, data, and innovation to improve care at scale.

Key differentiators include:

  • A strong emphasis on interoperability, with practical experience in FHIR and HL7 standards
  • Hands-on EHR configuration labs using synthetic clinical data
    Integrated training in implementation science, project management, and reimbursement
  • Stackable 12-credit professional certificates that support modular upskilling and employer-aligned pathways
    Flexible, fully online delivery with multiple annual entry points to support working professionals and employer cohorts