Individuals with a health informatics degree will find an abundance of career opportunities throughout the country, with employment expected to increase by 18% through 2018. Why such a dramatic increase? As people become more mobile, and healthcare more complex, it is increasingly important that doctors and clinicians have access to critical, potentially life-saving patient information such as medical history, medications, laboratory data and radiology reports at the stroke of a key. With that increased demand, naturally, comes an increased need for people to maintain those systems.

The online health informatics degree program at Champlain College was carefully created by an advisory group consisting not only of Champlain faculty and staff, but also including professionals in a variety of healthcare organizations including hospitals, home health and insurance. The courses in the program are based on competencies that the three most guiding organizations in this field (The American Medical Informatics Association, the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education, and the American Health Information Management Association) have determined are critical to a graduate's success in the field.

Courses for our online health informatics degree are available in 7-week sessions, which means you can complete your program quickly and get to work sooner. Additionally, you can go to class any time day or night; there is no set schedule of when you have to be "in class." There are weekly deadlines and assignments, but when you work on them is completely up to you and your schedule.

In Champlain College's online health information degree you will learn not just from your professors but also from your classmates. You will share best practices and experiences with each other; making online learning a great way to build a network of relationships that will benefit you throughout your health informatics career.

At Champlain you will have support from start to finish. Our dedicated advisors help you navigate the admissions, transfer credit and financial aid process. Once you are enrolled in the health informatics degree our student services advisors will assist you with any issues you have, from managing workload to how to buy your books. And when you are ready to graduate we have career planning services to help you make the most of your degree.