Pharmacy / Healthcare Informatics

Overview

Healthcare informatics merges computer technology and clinical expertise to effectively organize, analyze, manage and use clinical knowledge and data for problem solving and decision making. Knowing that these skills are valuable to future pharmacists, SIUE offers a concurrent Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science in healthcare informatics (MSHI) program.

Students pursuing this program will benefit from:

An understanding of how informatics fit within the healthcare system and patient care
Increased marketability for positions that combine these fields
A growing field with opportunity for advancement
Money saved from reduced credit hours