Graduate Certificate in Project Management for Healthcare Informatics Online

Gain highly valued skills while learning to maximize resources and help efficiently deliver quality healthcare services with this versatile certificate program.

Apply by: 12/16/24
Start class: 1/13/25

Program Overview

Explore healthcare project management opportunities

Total Tuition $4,140*
Duration As few as 3 months
Credit Hours 9

Advance as a key contributor in any healthcare setting with the specialized knowledge you will develop in the Graduate Certificate in Project Management for Healthcare Informatics program from UIS Online. Learn best practices in project management from the perspective of healthcare delivery, including digital innovation, electronic health records, interoperability, risk management, privacy laws and case applications. Strengthen your ability to lead, collaborate, analyze research and communicate with diverse stakeholders.

Taught by the same supportive faculty who teach on campus, accelerated courses equip you with in-demand skillsets. All credit hours are transferable toward a UIS master’s degree program, providing a flexible path to further advance your education and career.

Graduates of the online Project Management for Healthcare Informatics Certificate program will:

  • Narrate project management concepts
  • Comprehend coordination of project management
  • Analyze the organizational perspectives of project management
  • Integrate healthcare project management innovation and practice
  • Narrate project management concepts
  • Comprehend coordination of project management
  • Analyze the organizational perspectives of project management
  • Integrate healthcare project management innovation and practice

Career Opportunities:

  • Project Manager
  • Project Management Consultant
  • Program Manager
  • Project Management Specialist
  • Project Manager
  • Project Management Consultant
  • Program Manager
  • Project Management Specialist

Accreditation

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The College of Business and Management at the University of Illinois Springfield is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB). Fewer than 6% of business schools worldwide have earned this symbol of the highest standard in management education.

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Total Tuition $4,140*
Duration As few as 3 months
Credit Hours 9

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Tuition

Benefit from the flexibility of pay-by-the-course tuition

Earn a world-class education for less than you’d expect. Our pay-by-the-course tuition fits easily into your budget.

*Total cost is estimated at $1,380 per course based on a semester fee schedule.


Full estimated cost of attendance is listed here. If you are enrolling in our online Graduate Accelerated Programs (GAP) through the College of Business and Management, be aware that their tuition deadlines are different from general University tuition deadlines. For GAP, tuition is due to be paid in full the day before classes begin each term. If payment is not received before the first day of classes, you will be administratively withdrawn from the program. Because the online program that you have applied and been admitted to is based on an 8-week period, while the University customarily addresses programs offered in a 16-week period, you may receive conflicting information from the University of Illinois System Bursar Office. The payment and due dates sent by the bursar office do not apply to your 8-week online courses. If you have questions, please contact your program advisor.

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $4,140*
Per Credit Hour $460

*Total cost is estimated at $1,380 per course based on a semester fee schedule.


Full estimated cost of attendance is listed here. If you are enrolling in our online Graduate Accelerated Programs (GAP) through the College of Business and Management, be aware that their tuition deadlines are different from general University tuition deadlines. For GAP, tuition is due to be paid in full the day before classes begin each term. If payment is not received before the first day of classes, you will be administratively withdrawn from the program. Because the online program that you have applied and been admitted to is based on an 8-week period, while the University customarily addresses programs offered in a 16-week period, you may receive conflicting information from the University of Illinois System Bursar Office. The payment and due dates sent by the bursar office do not apply to your 8-week online courses. If you have questions, please contact your program advisor.

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $4,140*
Per Credit Hour $460

Calendar

Choose the start date that fits your schedule

Designed for working professionals, UIS Online programs feature multiple start dates per year, so you can begin at the time that best fits your schedule and complete your certificate quickly.

Now enrolling:

Next Apply Date 12/16/24
Next Class Start Date 1/13/25
TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 2025-1st Half1/13/2512/16/241/2/251/8/251/12/253/15/258 weeks
Summer 2025-1st Half6/2/255/12/255/20/255/28/256/1/257/26/258 weeks
Fall 2025-1st Half8/22/258/1/258/11/258/17/258/21/2510/18/258 weeks

Now enrolling:

Next Apply Date 12/16/24
Next Class Start Date 1/13/25

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Admissions

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Admission Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
  • Official transcripts
  • No GMAT required

Courses

Take a look at your healthcare data grad cert courses

For the online Project Management for Healthcare Informatics Certificate program, you must complete three courses totaling nine credit hours.

Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course consists of discussions of key concepts and practices of healthcare informatics on how information technology supports patient care and healthcare organizations. Topics include ethics, electronic health records, information infrastructure, data and information, basic research design, interoperability, privacy and security for health information, consumer health informatics, and trends and emerging technologies.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces a wide range of theoretical and practical techniques and methodologies in healthcare information systems analysis and design. The instructor will train the students to assume the roles of informaticists, business analysts and system analysts in the healthcare industry. Topics to be discussed include analysis, design, modeling of Electronic Health Record (EHR) and other information systems.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduce project management concepts and methodologies. Manage projects in healthcare organizational context, including the processes related to initiating, planning, executing, controlling, reporting and closing a project. Corse instructors will discuss project time, cost and risk management and also describe resource management and managing the organizational change to communicate projects in the healthcare industry.
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