Health Informatics in demand
The use of information technology to improve outcomes for patients and efficiencies for health professionals is increasing at a rapid rate. The availability of trained health informatics specialists to support this new way of working has not kept pace with strong demand and there is a massive worldwide shortage.

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The treatment provider and the person needing treatment are not always in the same location and so telemedicine is increasingly being used to address this issue. In addition, the Internet has enabled people to go online to research health issues. Health informatics professionals support these innovations and work across a range of sectors, from hospitals and community health centres, to government agencies and ICT companies.

The health informatics profession attracts people from a variety of backgrounds. Some have an ICT, science or engineering background but want to work in a more people-focused area. Alternatively, some come from a health practitioner background but want to move away from direct health practice and use their knowledge to help implement information systems to improve health outcomes.

Our program is designed for people wanting to pursue a career as health informatics specialists, as well as for health professionals aiming to improve their knowledge and skills in this developing field of expertise.

Clinical & professional fieldwork
A number of clinical and professional fieldwork opportunities are scheduled as part of your course. This will give you the hands on experience with real clients in a supervised environment to allow you to combine the academic sections of your course with the practical abilities required of the health informatics profession. Some of the clinical and professional fieldwork sites that students have attended previously include:

• Cumberland Developmental Disability Service
• Cooma District Hospital
• Fairfield Hospital
• iSoft, North Sydney
• National Centre for Classification in Health
• NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
• NSW Health Department
• Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

There are a number of essential requirements that students need to prepare for before attending any site for clinical and professional fieldwork. Further information on these and more is available at our Clinical & Professional Fieldworkwebsite.

Commonwealth Supported Places
The Faculty has a number of Commonwealth Supported Places available for this program. These places offer a considerable reduction in fees and are awarded to applicants who rank highest in their Grade Point Average. You will be notified with your offer if you qualify for a Commonwealth Supported Place.

Course completion requirements

96 credit points: students are to complete as required the core, elective and general elective units of study shown in the Table of units of study for the award as set out in the Faculty of Health Sciences handbook.

On campus attendance pattern

Full time, Part time

End qualification

Master of Health Informatics

Professional recognition

Graduates may be eligible for membership of: the Health Informatics Society of Australia (www.hisa.org.au); the Australian College of Health Informaticians (www.achi.org.au); the Health Information Management Association of Australia (www.himaa.org.au).the Australian College of Health Informaticians (www.achi.org.au) and the Health Information Management Association of Australia (www.himaa.org.au).

Similar courses

M.Hlth.Sc.(Clin.Data.Mgmt.) (SC097)

Course structure

Course level

Masters by Coursework

Honours availability

Additional honours course