MS (HI) Program
The Health Informatics Master's Degree program is designed to deliver advanced training in informatics to health care professionals who want to redirect their careers to become health informatics researchers, as well as those who are interested in integrating health informatics expertise in their current professional roles. This program is likely to appeal to the so- called “early adopters” within the health care environment, health professionals involved in system implementation and individuals with an interest in conducting related research.

The degree requirements include a mandatory research project / thesis, with a goal of producing work that may be published in peer-reviewed journals. Possibilities for projects will include research in areas such as disease management, human-computer interaction and interfaces, electronic medical record, HIPAA, telemedicine, standardized medical terminology and messaging systems, security of health care systems, and the privacy of patient data.
Objectives of the course:
  • To promote, advance and encourage the study and practice of the application of informatics in the promotion of health, well being and dying with dignity.
  • To establish, uphold and improve the standards of qualifications, training, competence and conduct of health informaticians in the Pakistan.
  • To produce heath informatics graduate who understand the application of information technology and advanced telecommunications technology.
  • To create an awareness of increasing role and potential of information technology and communications technology for effective and efficient health services, particularly for rural, remote, housebound patients.
  • Improve the understanding of the general nature and purpose of (health) information management systems including understand the need for information technology in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and healthcare in general
  • Develop ability to search the health and biomedical literature using international databases such as MEDLINE, OVID, CAB, EMBASE, COCHRANE, etc. and other full-text and bibliographic systems
  • Develop ability to locate and manage all types of information for healthcare including:

    1) Information for clinical purposes
    2) Information for the management of health care
    3) Information for the study of health trends of the community
  • Improve skills, confidence in the use of health ,Health informatics Applications
  • Improve the consulting skills and confidence required when using computers and networks in consultation
  • Improve awareness of the various potential uses of information technology in different branches of medicine and the ways in which information technology may meet the needs of healthcare workers
  • Develop appreciation to and understanding of the legal, ethical, human and social (including privacy and confidentiality) issues associated with the introduction and use of information and telecommunication technologies in the health care
  • Understand the principles and applications of coding and classification systems used for recording of data and its quality control in computer-based systems in the health services
  • Understand the principles and the risks involved in use of electronic communication of information and data interchange between computers over wide area networks;
Core Courses
Electronic Health Record System
Healthcare Information System
Standards in Health Informatics
Statistical Research Methods in Health Sciences
Thesis
Electives
Software Engineering for Health Informatics
Geographic Information System for Health Informatics
Medical Imaging
Management in Health Informatics
*More Courses can be added in the list.

Note: Administrative practicum in hospitals and pharmaceutical industries is mandatory as a non-credit internship.
Admission Requirements:
MB.B.S with one year house job and registered with P.M.D.C or
B.D.S with one year house job and registered with P.M.D.C or
B. Pharmacy with one year intern/job in Hospital or Pharmaceutical Industry and registered with P.C.P

The applicant seeking admission in MS (HI) must have a sound background in undergraduate courses like “ICT for Health Informatics” and “Health Application Development”. In case a student does not have required proficiency in pre-requisite back ground he/she may be advised by the department to take these as non-credit courses
Job Prospects
After completing Masters in Health Informatics you will have the capability to apply for a wide variety of posts both in public and private hospitals, pharmaceutical industries, and multi-national Health Care Organizations, N.G.Os and Overseas organizations.
Scholarships
Being the market leader in higher education and quality learning. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) is fully committed towards providing students with scholastic scholarships. Outstanding academic achievers get up to a 100 % wavier in their tuition fee. CIIT also stoutly believes in encouraging bright students who are otherwise financially handicapped and provides them with full financial assistance
Facilities
The Health Informatics Unit provides working desk to MS scholars along with a desktop computer. The good bandwidth connection of Internet is available 24 hours over LAN. It becomes further productive when research scholars use HEC sponsored access to digital libraries. There are well equipped computer labs in the department.