Coordinated MS Health Care Informatics/Master of Library and Information Science

With the large amount of information available to patients, health care practitioners and researchers, it can be difficult to locate the information needed for making a decision or solving a problem.With the Coordinated MS Health Care InformaticsMaster of Library and Information Science, you will learn how to search, sort and apply information in an efficient and practical way to help provide cost-effective and high-quality health care.The Coordinated MS Health Care InformaticsMaster of Library & Information Science program is offered cooperatively by the UWM College of Health Sciences Health Care informatics program and the School of Information Studies.You will learn to master critical functions, such as systems analysis and design, database and project management, decision support and network design. The program will provide you with tangible competencies, including the ability to: Understand medical science and terminology at an appropriate level for managing health care information systems. Analyze administrative information systems within health care institutional. Identify, analyze and interpret ethical and information policy issues connected with health care information systems and associated individuals. Evaluate and apply appropriate information systems, classification systems, information retrieval systems and related support literature within health care environments. Identify, retrieve, organize, store, repackage and share relevant institutional, administrative, patient and other health care-related information.