MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With a 2015 federal deadline for health care facilities to go paperless, informatics has become one of the fastest growing careers in health care. To help meet that demand, Capella University is launching five new online informatics programs that focus on the use of data and technology in health care settings to improve individual patient outcomes and overall health care quality. The new programs include MSN and RN-to-MSN Nursing Informatics specializations, an MHA Health Care Informatics specialization, and Nursing Informatics and Health Care Informatics certificates. Capella is also expanding its innovative FlexPath direct-assessment learning model to two additional specializations, the Mobile specialization and the Web Application specialization in its Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Technology, System Development program. Capella University (http://www.capella.edu) is a regionally accredited online university* that offers online degree programs designed to help working adults advance in their careers.
Capella’s MSN and RN-to-MSN in nursing informatics are accredited by CCNE and align with AACN, QSEN and ANCC
Like all of Capella’s nursing degrees, the university’s MSN and RN-to-MSN specializations in Nursing Informatics hold accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)** and incorporate the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's (AACN) Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing. Capella’s master’s specializations in Nursing Informatics are also aligned to Quality & Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies, Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative Informatics competencies, and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nursing informatics standards, which will prepare graduates to sit for the Nursing Informatics board certification exam upon completing their MSN Nursing Informatics degree. Students can earn up to eight credits (two courses) through prior learning assessment if they already hold ANCC’s RN-BC Informatics Nursing credential—saving students up to six months and more than $3,000 on a Capella MSN in Nursing Informatics.
MHA in Health Care Informatics aligns with NCHL and CPHIMS
Capella’s competency-based curriculum for the master’s in Health Care Informatics and the Health Care Informatics certificate is built around relevant, real-world health care problems to ensure students gain the skills they need to take leadership roles in such areas as implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR); compliance with ICD-10, an international medical classification system; and the integration of information technology within a health care organization to maximize efficiency and improve population health.
Students can earn up to 12 credits (three courses) through prior learning assessment if they hold the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information & Management Systems (CPHIMS) certification—saving up to nine months and more than $5,700 on a Capella MHA in Health Care Informatics.
New informatics programs feature exclusive virtual health system lab
All of Capella’s new informatics programs use Capella’s exclusive Vila Health™ simulated health system, an immersive, virtual lab that allows students to practice real-world informatics situations and challenges first hand, including improving interoperability, clinical workflow, meaningful use initiatives, and population health.
$1,500-$4,000 scholarships available for new Informatics programs plus HIMSS membership
Students who start the MSN or RN-to-MSN Nursing Informatics specialization or MHA Health Informatics specialization between January and April 2015 and meet other scholarship requirements will receive a $4,000 scholarship. Students who start the Nursing Informatics Certificate or Health Care Informatics Certificate program will receive a $1,500 scholarship. For complete eligibility and application information, see:
Capella is an Academic Organizational Affiliate with the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a nonprofit organization serving the global health IT community. As a result of this affiliation, eligible Capella informatics students receive free HIMSS membership and other benefits.
Two online BS in IT programs added to FlexPath
Two additional programs are now available as part of Capella’s innovative FlexPath learning model, allowing students to choose between FlexPath and Capella’s standard online learning format. FlexPath uses a competency-based, direct-assessment learning model rather than a traditional credit-hour standard. This allows students to work at their own pace, which offers the potential to further reduce the cost and time to complete a program. The new FlexPath offerings include:
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Technology, Minor in System Development: Mobile Specialization. This online bachelor’s degree prepares students to design effective mobile applications for business IT environments using iPhone®, iPad®, Android™, and Windows® platforms.
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Technology, Minor in System Development: Web Application. Through courseroom study and interactive learning activities, students gain workplace-ready skills in developing databases, websites, Web applications, Web services, Web technologies, and more.
Enrollment now open
For more information, please call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552) or email info@capella.edu.
Review of the MHA Health Care Informatics specialization and the MSN and RN-to-MSN Nursing Informatics specializations is pending in FL, KS, KY, SC, and WA.
Review of the Heath Care Informatics and Nursing Informatics certificates is pending in FL, KS, and KY.
Capella’s DNP, MSN Nursing Informatics specialization, RN-to-MSN Nursing Informatics specialization, and Nursing Informatics certificate are not designed to prepare graduates for entry-level or advanced practice licensure as a nurse.
Washington residents may receive credit through Capella's prior learning assessment only in the bachelor's and MBA programs.
For bachelor's programs: Arkansas residents must complete Arkansas general education requirements.
About Capella University
Capella University (www.capella.edu) is a regionally accredited online university* that offers online degree programs designed to help working adults advance in their careers. As of Sept. 30, 2014, over 70 percent of Capella students were currently enrolled in master's or doctoral degree programs in business, counseling, education, health administration, human resource management, human services, information technology, nonprofit management and leadership, nursing, psychology, public administration, public health, public safety, and social work. Capella also offers bachelor's degree programs in business, information technology, nursing, psychology, and public safety. Within those areas, Capella currently offers 145 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 27 certificate programs, including six new direct assessment degree delivery programs. Approximately 35,000 students were enrolled as of Sept. 30, 2014, from all 50 states and 61 other countries. Capella is committed to providing high-caliber academic excellence and pursuing balanced business growth. Founded in 1993, Capella University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company, headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552).
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* Capella University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), www.ncahlc.org.
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**The BSN, MSN and DNP degree programs at Capella University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 887-6791 http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ccne-accreditation.
