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Public Health Informatics and Technology – UCSF Fresno

This program is only available inย the Central San Joaquin region, including Fresno, Madera, and Tulare counties. Programโ€™s courses will start in early 2025.

Using special software and analytical tools, public health informaticians and technologists find trends, patterns, and correlations that help doctors make decisions, public health workers do their jobs, and people make decisions about healthcare policy. This gives them the power to use digital tools to their fullest potential to improve patient care and move public health initiatives forward. Health Informaticians are involved in vision and system planning, health data standards and integration, data privacy and security, systems design and implementation, and visualization, analysis, and reporting of health data. Public health informatics looks for new ways to solve public health problems by using technology and data analysis.

Available in:

CA

Length of Study

6 weeks of HTHC +16 weeks

Career Level

Gateway/Entry Level and Professional Development

Delivery Type

Asynchronous (Online)
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Duties

  • Guiding working with clinical teams and stakeholders on project requirements
  • Data retrieval, and result validity
  • Utilizing analytical skills, the worker evaluates data to propose process improvements, create data solutions like dashboards, and advise on new data models
  • Identifying and implementing data-driven strategies, educating stakeholders, mentoring team members, and establishing expertise in data analysis
  • Lead high-profile projects and will be a reliable expert in translating clinical and business requirements into meaningful analysis
  • Build relationships with key stakeholders, be an expert in multiple data sources, and implement sustainable solutions
  • Project management experience and share best practices with the team Be comfortable with mentorship and leading team development and skill development efforts

Career Opportunities

Roles include: Public Health Data Analyst, Public Health Informatician, Data Quality Analyst, Business Analyst or Informatician, Claims Data Analyst, Utilization Data Analyst, Medical Registrar for cancer, trauma, immunization statistics, etc.

Day in the Life

A public health informatics and technology specialist skillfully oversees the processes of gathering requirements, creating metrics, and getting important data, creates new ways to use data, like interactive dashboards and reports that show how well a process is working, and collects, analyzes and reports health data and information, making sure that deadlines are met, and problems are solved.

Job Outlook

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in public health informatics is projected to grow by 8% from 2019 to 2029. Salaries are typically very competitive. According to the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the median salary for public health informatics professionals is $97,000 per year.