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Vermont Healthcare Informatics School - VT
By Allison Skoglind, allied health world contributing writer
Published: February 22th, 2010
Students researching Vermont nursing informatics programs and schools should take advantage of online and distance-learning programs in lieu of available on-campus options. Not only do these types of nurse informatics programs offer the at-home convenience and flexible time schedules uncharacteristic of traditional classroom-based instruction, but also allows students to pick from a greater variety of diploma, certificate, and degree opportunities. For example, students in Vermont can utilize online and distance-learning nurse informatics programs to acquire the following: Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Informatics, Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing Informatics, Health Care Informatics Diploma, Nurse Educator’s Master’s, Leadership in Nursing and Health Care System Master’s, Master of Science in Nursing Regents, Public Health Informatics Certificate, and Master’s in Nursing Informatics. All programs will typically cover similar course topics in health care and nursing informatics. Here are a few examples of classes required by some education programs: Data, Information, and Knowledge, Informatics in Health Care Delivery Systems, Informatics Project Management, Introduction to Health Informatics, and Health Care Information Technology Business and Finance.
Through campus based and online programs, aspiring Nurses in Health Informatics in Burlington, Essex, Rutland and Colchester, Vermont may be able to prepare themselves for the possibility of employment in some of the largest hospitals and healthcare facilities in the state including the Fletcher Allen Health Care - Medical Center Campus, Rutland Regional Medical Center, Central Vermont Medical Center and Southwestern Vermont Health Care.