Choosing a Career in Health Informatics

Etiowo "T" Usoro wanted to make an impact on the world. When he learned about Health Informatics, T saw it as an opportunity to radically change the future of the healthcare industry.

"There's just so many opportunities in the healthcare field to be able to fill in the gaps of what's missing," he said. "I'm hoping to push our way to that Utopian end-goal of (preventative care)."

As a student in the Master's of Health Informatics program at the University of Michigan School of Information, T is able to learn in the classroom, and get real world experience at Michigan Medicine, where he works as a Healthcare Informatics Data Analyst.

Watch to learn more about what Health Informatics is, and why T thought this program was right for him.

[rainymood]

I have no background or knowledge in computer science or data analytic field. Will the master degree of health informatics be too tough to me? Do I need to self study python, MySQL or something like that for years before I can step into the health informatics? Thank you for your advice. 🙏

[evangelanyanwu]

OMG I could see Charles Friedman. Learning Health Systems. He thought me in Harvard postgraduate medical education. He talks about Michigan a lot.

[kamank]

i am thinking about getting my masters in health informatics and what is the job demand? Any advice before i make my decision? Also, anyone i could speak to?

[Remanna]

I want to major in Health Information systems or management. However, the school doesn't offer HIM an undergraduate bachelor's degree. What other undergraduate major would be good to choose in order to work as HIM? Also any advice?
Thank you!

[davidb]

I really enjoyed this video, great job! Etiowo seems like a very driven person! I am getting my BS in Community Health at George Mason University and strongly considering the MS in Health Informatics program. This video definitely provided some great insight cheers!

[kimberlyalvarez]

I want to get a masters in medical informatics and instrumentation to help identify and diagnose diseases like cancer. I am a comouter science major

[habibaibrehim]

Specialization as Bachelor's degree is good...?

[gokulsubash]

Can i do bachelor's in health informatics?

[sbee]

Is it good idea to pursue this course after MBBS( from India) ?

[nycto]

Question: If i done my MBA in Healthcare Management so can i go with PhD Public Health or Health Informatics?

[abhithumma]

Can a B pharm student study health informatics.

[jabe]

Hello, i have a BS in clinical laboratory science and have been working in hospitals labs for 10 years. Can you thibk of any challenges i might face when i undertake tgis degree since i don't have a nursing background

[rahulladhani]

Can biotechnology student study health informatics