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UCF Trustees Approve Master's Program in Health Informatics

By Chad Binette

A new University of Central Florida master's program will train students for the expanding, high-tech hospital workforce that develops information systems for patient diagnosis and billing.

The online Health Care Informatics program will begin with 20 students in fall 2009, and administrators expect the enrollment will increase to 40 students by the fifth year.

The federal government has asked universities to help address an anticipated need for 40,000 new health care informatics professionals in the next decade. There are no other master's programs in that field in Florida. Starting salaries for graduates typically range from $57,000 to $84,000 annually.

Students will take classes online but also will visit the College of Health and Public Affairs' health care informatics research laboratory on the main campus.

Administrators expect a strong demand for the new program. With no marketing efforts so far, the program already has attracted 11 applicants.

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