The applied biomedical informatics track is a fully online program that focuses on knowledge and skills to implement, maintain, and evaluate electronic health records (EHRs) and other health information systems. Students will learn about the modern U.S. health care system, health care legislation, standards, health information security protocols, health data science, clinical decision support and project management. The applied track requires 39 semester credit hours to complete. The program culminates in a capstone project that allows students to apply learned skills in a real-world setting.

All master’s students, in both the research and applied tracks, must complete a practicum during their academic program. This gives our students hands-on field or research experience while providing them with the opportunity to work in a professional environment under the supervision of a preceptor with biomedical informatics or related experience. With the guidance of a SBMI faculty member and their practicum preceptor, students develop a proposal that details the goals and objectives of the project. During the project tenure, logs are submitted to track student progress and once the project is complete, a state-of-the-science or capstone report is due to evaluate what knowledge and/or skills were attained during the practicum.