Department of Business Informatics

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Location: Griffin Hall 400
Telephone: 859-572-6959
Fax: 859-572-5398
Email Address: bis@nku.edu
Web Address: http://inside.nku.edu/informatics/departments/businessinformatics.html
Department Chair: Souren Paul

Assistant Chair:  Teuta Cata
Graduate Program Director(s):

Master of Business Informatics (MBI) Program Director:  Toru Sakaguchi
Master of Health Informatics (MHI) Program Director:  Gary Ozanich
MHI Program Coordinator:  Crystal Summers

Other Key Personnel:

Senior Operations Coordinator: L. Sue Murphy-Angel
Academic Coordinator: Christa Witt
Academic Specialist: Monique Walker

Simply stated, information systems professionals understand how to apply information technology to a context. Business Informatics is the study of management information systems in the context of business. Health Informatics is the study of management information systems in the context of health care. But there is a lot more underlying those statements. 

First, Information Systems (IS) is a much broader term than Information Technology (IT). When you study Information Systems, you must understand technology AND how technology fits into the business or health care system. You have to take into account how people interact with technology, how information is stored and retrieved, how information creates new information, how to manage the introduction of information technology into a business or health care organization, how to present information in support of your product, process, program or policy, etc.  

The Master of Science in Business Informatics (MBI) program is designed to teach you managerial, technical, and analytical concepts through applied lenses.  For example as an applied assignment, you may design a decision support system to help managers make multi-million dollar decisions or create a project plan to implement the new information system that tracks inventory or manages supply chain logistics for an organization. You will also be exposed quantitative research approaches used to better understand facets of business and market dynamics. In all, the MBI curriculum and class projects are designed to help you understand, assess, explain, and apply technology and data analytical tools and methods to identify and address business challenges and opportunities. 

The Master of Science in Health Informatics (MHI) program provides an educational foundation that will enable both healthcare professionals interested in developing their knowledge of the application of technologies, data, and analytics across care-settings, and IT and other professionals interested in applying their skills to the healthcare industry. The MHI program exposes students to the interaction and interdependencies of people, information and systems with other key aspects in healthcare, including interoperability, security and privacy, evidence-based practices, data analytics, and population health. The MHI program is 100% online and is only offered in an accelerated format.

The NKU Business & Health Informatics programs have applied technology and management topics and courses that prepare you to work and succeed in business or health care contexts. The MBI is accredited by AACSB International, the premier business accrediting body.

Both MBI and MHI are STEM designated programs.

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