Be a Leader in Healthcare Technology with a Bachelor’s in Informatics: Healthcare Informatics
With constant innovations and breakthroughs, the healthcare industry is evolving and expanding every day. An essential part of keeping healthcare efficient is having the technology to track progress, patient information, and biostatistics.
Throughout our healthcare informatics degree, you will learn in-demand skills like health coding, classification, health enterprise systems, systems integration, and the foundation of pharmacology. Your classes will prepare you to work with commonly used healthcare technology so you are ready to enter your career in health information management confidently.
What Will You Learn in Our Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Informatics?
- Healthcare coding and classification
- How to process and analyze essential healthcare information
- How to use and develop commonly used health enterprise systems
- The foundations of pharmacology
The field of health informatics provides a variety of different career options. This degree provides the skill-set you need to achieve the career you desire. You will learn foundational skills that will be necessary throughout the everyday tasks of a health information manager. You may also be interested in exploring our bachelor’s degrees in business administration or information technology.
Career Opportunities
- Clinical informatics specialist
- Director of clinical informatics
- Informatics analyst
- Informatics pharmacist
Online Benefits
We understand the dilemma of wanting to further your education while also staying connected to your family, career, church, and community. With the majority of your classes offered online, you don’t have to worry about sacrificing time with the people most important to you while you pursue your degree.
As an innovator in distance learning since 1985, Liberty will provide you with the following benefits:
- We are recognized by multiple institutions for our academic quality, affordability, and accessibility. Our commitment to excellence also helped us rank in the top 10% of Niche.com’s best online schools in America. Earning your online healthcare informatics degree from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
- The majority of tuition for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs has not increased in 9 years. While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university.
- You can complete our bachelor’s degree in healthcare informatics in less than 4 years.
Military Benefits
Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students from across the globe. Whether you are a current service member, discharged or retired from service, or the spouse of a service member or veteran, we are here to support you every step of the journey.
As a thank-you for your dedication and service to our country, Liberty is honored to serve and support you in your pursuit of online education by offering the following benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $565 per course)
- Potential college credit for military training
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
Residential Benefits
- With students from all 50 states and over 70 countries around the world, you can immerse yourself in different cultures and experience the diversity of on-campus life.
- As a residential student, multiple scholarships are available to you, including the Early Deposit Award, Middle America Scholarship, and Liberty Academic Scholarship.
- Learn from professors who have doctoral degrees in their fields, as well as years of real-life experience.
- Our student leadership team will help you engage in an exciting dorm life with spiritual accountability, prayer, safety, activities, and building friendships that will last a lifetime.
- Outside of classes and studying, you will have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of on-campus activities, such as our NCAA sports, over 200 student-led clubs, and recreation centers like Snowflex, the LaHaye Ice Center, and Camp Hydaway.
- Enjoy our Reber-Thomas Dining Hall with over 20 available food stations, including gluten-free and vegan options. Work with a nutritionist to develop a dietary plan that is right for you!
Credit Hours
Available Online or On Campus
Class Type
Online, 8-week or residential
Transfer Credits
Transfer in up to 75% of the degree total
Next Start Date
Varies
Accreditation
Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC