Prospective Students: Clinical Informatics and Patient-Centered Technologies

Clinical Informatics and Patient-Centered Technologies (CIPCT)

Program Overview

The Clinical Informatics and Patient Centered Technologies (CIPCT) Master of Science focal area was developed with faculty partners from Biomedical and Health Informatics, Health Information Management, Health Administration, Computer Science, and Engineering and offers an interdisciplinary approach to systems, clinical informatics and patient-centered technologies.

CIPCT features enhanced distance learning technologies to support dispersed learners; all required courses are offered fully or partially on the Web. CIPCT Master of Science can be completed in 18 months of full-time study (part-time study also available). CIPCT is designed for students who can commute to the Seattle campus 2-3 times per quarter. Most courses are scheduled during weekend and evening hours.

The CIPCT Master of Science curriculum includes core courses in health care systems, informatics, and patient-centered technologies. CIPCT students will take these core informatics courses with graduate students from multiple disciplines and complete an individual thesis. The program offers clinical internships with health care organizations created and tailored to the individual student’s interests.

CIPCT prepares graduate students from multiple disciplines to implement and evaluate information technology (IT) and other cutting-edge tools to:

Improve quality of patient care
Manage chronic illnesses
Increase patient safety
Enhance communication between patients and providers
Increase efficiency of service delivery

Practicing nurses, BSN, healthcare clinicians and administrators in the Puget Sound region and surrounding rural areas in western Washington State that have a strong desire to advance patient care by understanding, developing and improving IT applications and systems should apply.

For more information, contact Jaime Palmer. ( jpalmer2@u.washington.edu )

Additional Clinical Informatics & Patient-Centered Technologies (CIPCT) Information

Qualifications
Curriculum Overview/Clinical-Narrative
FAQs
For more information
CIPCT Handout
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
Sources of Funding - in Current Students
Master of Science Admissions Information - in Prospective Students

Other Clinical Informatics Groups at the UW:

Biomedical and Health Informatics

The School of Nursing Master of Science in Clinical Informatics & Patient-Centered Technologies is offered in collaboration with the UW Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI). BHI is a research and training program that emphasizes both the basic and applied aspects of informatics and greatly values and draws strength from the interdisciplinary and inter-professional aspects of the field.

UW Medicine Information Technology Services

The University of Washington Academic Medical Centers is a nationally recognized institution for its clinical care, research and teaching. One of the core elements to its success is a robust information technology environment. Follow this link to learn more about how UW Medicine Information Technology Services uses the power of information technology to make a difference in healthcare delivery, research and teaching.

Clinical Informatics Research Group

The Clinical Informatics Research Group (CIRG) works to improve the acquisition, integration, and display of information, with the goal of improving both individual and population health.