Tailor your learning and your pace with our 100% online graduate program.
The Master of Health Informatics and Analytics (MHIA) program will prepare you to design, implement, and manage informatics solutions incorporating digital and AI technologies. Whether you work in public health or health care, you'll be equipped to leverage data and technology to inform health decision-making or transform clinical care.
The program is entirely online and available via full time or part time studies, offering flexibility to advance your career while balancing your commitments.Ìý
At University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, you'll be joining a community renowned for its groundbreaking contributions to technology, analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and research. Learn and collaborate with globalÌýexperts in public health, health systems, healthcare research, public health intervention design and evaluation.Ìý
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Application deadline: February 1Ìý
Offered entirely online, the MHIA format allows you to balance your studies with professional commitments. It can be completed in as little as 16 months or up to four years.
Complement a core of analytics, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence with a specialized track in Health Informatics or Advanced Analytics.Ìý
Four-month professional practicum provides hands-on, experiential learning in a real-world public health or health care setting.
Advance your career
Open doors with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's unparalleled industry connections and professional practicum. Prepare for a variety of roles including:
- Health Informatics Consultant
- Clinical Data Analyst
- Public Health Data Analyst
- Manager of Clinical Trial Operations and Informatics
- Health IT Solutions Architect
- Senior Health Business Consultant
Coming from a clinical background, the program helped me shift my career toward something that combined my passion for both health and technology. I wanted to move from helping one patient at a time to making a broader impact across systems that benefit both patients and healthcare providers.
Courses and specializations
MHIA is a course-based curriculum consisting of eight required courses (including 12-16 week practicum course) and two electives. You can complete the recommended core sequence or direct your course selection to complete one of two specialized tracks:
- Health Informatics
- Advanced Analytics
Completing a specialization allows students to build a strong foundation in both areas, while specializing in one, enhancing their skills and boosting employability.
Whether you choose to study part-time or full-time, the MHIA program can be completed in as little as 16 months or up to four years.
Professional practicum
Gain workÌýexperience by completing a 420-hour professional practicum at aÌýhospital, provincial or federal governmental agency or non-governmental organization.Ìý
You will work closely with the Experiential Learning and Communications Specialist to find a meaningful practicum that will provide you with an opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills in a professional setting and to connect with future employers.
The practicum can be completed on a full-time basis over one term or part time over two terms.
Previous practicum sites and projects
- Canadian Institute for Health Information -ÌýHealth data and information governance strategy
- University Health Network -ÌýUse of data analytics in streamlining lung metastases
- Public Health Ontario -ÌýImplementation of surveillance of healthcare associated infections in long-term care homes in Ontario
- Brampton Civic Hospital -ÌýUnified communications project and meditech MSO project
"I completed a data science internship at Roche, where I developed an RShiny dashboard for clinical trial analysis that contributed to FDA submissions. This hands-on experience strengthened my skills in clinical analytics, statistical programming and digital health innovation." -- GINA NAJIMAN
