Certificate in Healthcare Analytics

The program will equip various healthcare professionals new to analytics, as well as data analysts or recent grads of healthcare informatics and analytics programs new to healthcare, with an understanding for data in a healthcare context. They will learn to make better-informed decisions using hard evidence, thereby improving patient care and business metrics such as readmission rates. This eight-week online healthcare data analytics program carries 16 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Data is everywhere in healthcare. Both clinical and non-clinical work relies heavily on data to drive performance and improve outcomes. Having a solid understanding of healthcare analytics is key to making an impact on healthcare organizations. Harnessing the power of healthcare data analytics empowers leaders — in all fields of care, not just in Healthcare Informatics departments — to make data-driven decisions that lead to improved quality, cost, and care.

Participants of the Certificate in Healthcare Analytics for Decision-Makers will gain experience contemplating data, determining informed results, and making evidence-based and data-backed decisions. They will learn to ask the right questions, evaluate data collection schemes, and interpret complex data sets from various sources. Expert faculty will demonstrate how to apply theories of statistical models and utilize evaluation methodologies and the program is facilitator-led to ensure student success. In only eight weeks, participants will become empowered to leverage healthcare analytics in their organization, influence important decisions, and achieve better results.

Program Outline

The program will equip various healthcare professionals new to analytics, as well as data analysts or recent grads of healthcare informatics and analytics programs new to healthcare, with an understanding for data in a healthcare context. They will learn to make better-informed decisions using hard evidence, thereby improving patient care and business metrics such as readmission rates. This eight-week online healthcare data analytics program carries 16 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Curriculum

In eight weeks, the certificate covers the following topics related to informatics and data analytics in a healthcare context:

    Unit 1: Introduction to Descriptive Analytics
    Unit 2: Making Inferences and Practical Probability Theory
    Unit 3: Relationships Amongst Variables: Introduction to Correlation and Regression
    Unit 4: Multiple Regression
    Unit 5: Forecasting
    Unit 6: Framework for Decision-Making
    Unit 7: Finding Optimized Solutions in Healthcare, Part 1
    Unit 8: Finding Optimized Solutions in Healthcare, Part 2

Tuition - $2,995

Duration - 8 weeks