EHR Personal Statement

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It fascinates me that society is experiencing an unprecedented growth in innovation levels with regards to information systems and the way enterprises store information. Database structures have caused different industries (ex, health care) to pursue new types of technologies which allows the health care to improve. By majoring in biomedical science, I have always been fascinated by how the power of information systems can be harnessed to provide safer, reliable, and better-quality health care. I am enrolled in a Health Informatics course that discusses the importance of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and how they reduce the need for risky and redundant tests. EHRs are examples of the wide variety of applications that are harnessed by information systems in the healthcare industry. With Master of Information degree concentrating in information systems and design (ISD), and knowledge management and information management (KMIM), I can learn the required skills to be able to …show more content…

Finally, I would like to gain experience in access management and search optimization to implement faster retrieval of information. To ensure a brighter future for healthcare patients, we need to establish an information system that provides strong analytics and decision support. To reach that point we need to first consider the information system from a design perspective. I ultimately believe that by pursuing the ISD concentration, I can use the modeling project management and system analyst to design and implement an innovative and effective information system. In addition, I believe that the teaching in this concentration will help create dynamic solutions for problems in health care while addressing inherent constraints in the healthcare