BS Biomedical Informatics

Biomedical informatics combines information technology, data science and knowledge to improve patient health. The program will educate undergraduate students in the informatics knowledge and skills so important in today's health care industry.The program will enable graduates to improve the quality of patient health care and reduce the cost of it by consolidating patient health history and interventions across hospitals and clinics; providing the right information about patient health to clinicians; and, reducing clinical errors and waste. They will be able to minimize the number of hospital visits by managing and monitoring a patient's clinical condition at home, and they will be able to shorten hospital stays and improve the patient hospital experience by providing the patient with faster access to resources.