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Digital Health Leader
Graduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
The digital health leader certificate program is designed to help prepare you to serve as a leader within health institutions through the use of digital tools. In this program, you’ll learn how medical equipment and biomedical engineering are integrated into hospital systems. You’ll also map relationships between individual components of the healthcare ecosystem to advance digital health component integration into healthcare operations.
Please note: The Digital Health Leader Certificate Program is in Candidacy Status, pending accreditation review by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
- Explore healthcare tech: Evaluate digital tools and platforms to advance organizational maturity and operational sustainability.
- Study tech integration: Assess the importance of medical equipment/biomedical engineering integration in healthcare systems.
- Learn about health systems: Assess mapped relationships of individual information and technical and digital components in healthcare systems.
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)
The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, HCAD 600)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 610)
- (3 Credits, HIMS 645)
- (3 Credits, HIMS 650)
- (3 Credits, HIMS 655)
- (3 Credits, HIMS 661)
This program is designed to equip you with knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system and skills for healthcare organizational management.
No previous experience is needed.
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
- $336 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
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This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.