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Why Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah?
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The Chronicle of Higher Education named health informatics as 1 of 5 rapidly growing majors at Universities. Computational Science and Public Health are also cited in the report and here at the University of Utah, the Department of Biomedical Informatics is at the epicenter of all three.
The U.S. Federal government has promised a hefty $19 billion for the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Graduates in the field of biomedical informatics will pioneer new ways to modernize and streamline our health information technology sector over the next decade.
Right now the field of biomedical informatics is at the forefront in the investment to modernize health information technology. The unique interactions and collaborative ties that our department fosters with the Salt Lake Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Intermountain Healthcare and the University Health Care system allow many opportunities to jump-start a career in biomedical informatics.
Health care informatics, bioinformatics, translational informatics and public health informatics are all primary teaching and research areas of the Biomedical Informatics department here at the University of Utah. Biomedical informatics students at he University of Utah will be well prepared to take leading roles in the new investments in health care informatics technology.
The College of Nursing and the Department of Biomedical Informatics partner to provide multiple opportunities for students. The faculty collaborate on joint research projects, co-teach courses and joinly administer the graduate informatics certificate program. This interdisciplinary collaboration mirrors informatics practice students will encounter after graduation.
Students in the biomedical informatics Masters and PhD program work on cutting edge projects in grid computing, medical decision support systems, public health surveillance, and natural language processing, just to name a few. Biomedical informatics graduates will help build new connections, new knowledge and new clinical information systems to make sense of the enormous amounts data in heath care.
Learn more about the department, request an application packet and get started on your path to a new and exciting career in biomedical informatics.
Biomedical Informatics in the news
US News report:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/09/01/in-trying-times-5-growing-majors.html
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required.):
http://chronicle.com/article/5-College-Maj%20%20ors-On-the-Rise/48207/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Google news search:
http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=health+informatics
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=biomedical+informatics