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G R A D U A T E P R O G R A M S I N

Medical InformaticsS C H O O L O F C O N T I N U I N G S T U D I E S

NORTHWESTERN

200708


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WelcomeThe Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies is

dedicated to meeting the educational needs of a unique student

population: adult learners. Most of our students work full time

and attend classes during evenings and on weekends. They

come to SCS to earn a masters degree or a graduate credential

or simply to engage in a learning experience at one of the

nations most respected universities. They take time away from

their careers, their busy schedules, and their families to fulfill a

perhaps long-sought-after academic dream.

Since its founding as University College 74 years ago, the

School of Continuing Studies has offered an impressive array

of educational programs. SCS masters degree programs can

help you meet your professional or personal goals in fields

ranging from creative writing to public policy.

A hallmark of SCS is the flexibility to meet the individual stu-

dents requirements. If you do not need or want a full masters

program, we offer several nondegree opportunities, including

the professional graduate series certificates and the opportunity

to take courses on a course-by-course basis. The SCS medical

informatics program also offers students the convenience and

flexibility of an online program option. Each of the graduate

programs delivers a high-quality Northwestern University edu-

cational experience.

As you examine this catalog, you will see that the School of

Continuing Studies is a place where you can satisfy your lifelong

commitment to learning whether you seek a degree, want

to develop professional skills, or simply desire a new intellectual

challenge. We believe that when you attend Northwestern, our

great tradition of quality will set you apart whether in the

business marketplace or the marketplace of ideas.

Sincerely,

Thomas F. Gibbons

Dean

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I M P O R T A N T D A T E S

Application Deadlines

Fall quarter: July 27, 2007

Winter quarter: November 9, 2007

Spring quarter: February 1, 2008

Summer quarter: April 25, 2008

Fall quarter (2008): July 25, 2008

Evening graduate programs at North-

western employ a rolling admission policy

that allows students to begin study in any

term of the academic year. Students may

apply at any point during the year and may

specify the term for which they would like

to be considered.

Term Start Dates

Fall quarter: September 25, 2007

Winter quarter: January 7, 2008

Spring quarter: March 31, 2008

Summer quarter: June 23, 2008

Fall quarter (2008): September 23, 2008

Information Sessions

Information sessions are held in Chicago

and Evanston throughout the year, giving

you the opportunity to meet with faculty

and program directors. For current details

regarding time and location, please visit

www.scs.northwestern.edu/grad/calendar.

Visit www.scs.northwestern.edu/grad/mmi

for details about information sessions forthe MMI online option.


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Study Options

Students may enter the Master of Science in Medical Informatics

program at SCS as either degree students or nondegree students.

Degree and nondegree students are subject to the same admission

standards and requirements and participate in the same masters-level classes. Northwestern expects that all graduate students,

regardless of status, bring the same level of commitment and

academic ambition to their course work.

Degree Students

MMI Program

SCS graduate programs are designed to be completed in two to

three years of uninterrupted part-time study (one or two courses

per term). The University allows five years to finish the fulldegree. Students in the professional graduate series and nonde-

gree special students who transfer into the MMI program may

apply credit toward that degree.

MD/MMI Joint-Degree Program

Students admitted to Northwesterns Feinberg School of

Medicine may earn the MMI degree while completing their

medical studies. Feinberg students interested in pursuing the

joint degree program must meet with their medical school

adviser before applying to the MMI program.

Nondegree Students

Professional Graduate Series

Professional graduate series provide an integrated, streamlined

sequence of courses designed to make returning to school more

manageable for busy professionals and students who wish to

focus on a particular area of study. Each series consists of four

units of credit. The series usually can be completed in a year by

taking one or two courses per quarter. Upon successful comple-

tion of course work, students receive a certificate.

Nondegree Special Students

This option allows students to take individual courses in a par-

ticular graduate program without committing to the entire cur-

riculum. It is ideal for those who are not ready to commit to the

time or cost of a full program and want to keep open the option

to earn a masters degree. Students wishing to continue their

studies may apply to transfer in to the masters program.

MMI Online

The MMI program is now offered in an online format. See

page 9 for more information.

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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES

Graduates of the MMI program will have theskills to fill positions in health care informa-

tion technology across the entire spectrum of

health care delivery: independent physicians

practices that need consultants to implement

and maintain their electronic health records as

well as hospitals beginning implementation of

COE and integrated delivery systems. Grad-

uates also have the skills to enter the growing

field of health information exchange, which

includes provider-centric regional health infor-

mation organizations (RHIOs) and patient-

centric models based on the emerging personal

health records systems.

Students in the Feinberg School of Medicine

can take advantage of the programs flexible

course schedule to earn a both MD and MMI

degrees while completing their studies in

medicine.

Please be sure to review the important dates

pertaining to this program at www.scs.

northwestern.edu/grad/calendar.

The MMI program provides the knowledge and

skills you need to be a leader in the important

field of medical informatics. It is a part-time

evening program that focuses on the study and

application of principles of information man-

agement, design, integration, implementation,and evaluation to enterprise-wide health care

information systems. The MMI degree is

offered by the School of Continuing Studies

in partnership with Northwesterns Feinberg

School of Medicine.

In the MMI program, information technology

is brought into the clinical environment to

create and analyze systems for the digital med-

ical age. Whether your background is in com-puting or information technology, health care

or the life sciences, this program builds on

your expertise and prepares you for the chal-

lenges of the medical informatics field.

Northwestern is the natural choice for students

who wish to receive superior education at a

nationally recognized research institution.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital and

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare have bothbeen awarded most wired status byHealth

Cares Most Wiredmagazine. The MMI program

offers students access to established leaders in

health care informatics from the metropolitan

Chicago community, including academic

appointees as well as physicians in private

practice who are early successful adopters of

ambulatory medical records. Students who

want to improve the overall quality of health

care in the United States will find Chicago

institutions to be leaders in the fields of clinical

decision support and quality reporting.

Master of Science in

Medical InformaticsOFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEINBERG SCHOOL

OF MEDICINE, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

4 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES

My professors are sec-

ond to none in their

knowledge and ability to

engage the class. My

classmates are great, too an interesting, multi-

cultural mix of people

that includes hospital

executives and medical

professionals.

Scott Kerth, MMI student


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Most students starting the MMI program have

either a technical or a clinical background. In

order to bring all students to a level where they

can succeed in the core program, they are placed

into one of two entry paths upon admission:

the technologist entry path is for students

with a technical background and consists of two

courses to introduce them to the American

health care system and the clinical landscape

the clinician entry path is for students with

clinical backgrounds and consists of two

courses designed to familiarize them with basic

concepts in computer databases and networking

Students with little background in either area

may be asked to take all four of the entry path

courses; students with strong backgrounds in

both areas may be able to start the core courses

immediately. The technical and clinical paths

then merge in the programs common core of

seven courses and a leadership class. The pro-

gram concludes with a capstone project, which

combines research with hands-on experience

and provides an opportunity for students to take

advantage of the resources of NorthwesternUniversity and the Feinberg School of Medicine.

A minimum of 11 units of credit are required

for the MMI degree, with each course counting

as one unit of credit. The curriculum applies to

the MMI, MMI online, and MD/MMI degrees.

(Students may be required to complete up to 13

courses in order to gain the necessary back-

ground in the field.)

The MMI program received the University

Continuing Education Associations 2006

Creative Program Award.

Curriculum

MMI and MD/MMI programs

Entry Paths (2 courses)

Clinician

CIS 313 Telecommunications and Computer Networks

CIS 317 Introduction to Databases

Technologist

MED INF 401 American Health Care System

MED INF 402 Introduction to Clinical Thinking

Core Courses(7courses)

PUB HLTH 302 Introduction to Biostatistics

MED INF 403 Introduction to Medical Informatics

MED INF 404 Health Care Enterprise Operations

MED INF 405 Health Care Information TechnologyIntegration, Interoperability, and Standards

MED INF 406 Decision Support Systems and HealthCare

MED INF 407 Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues MED INF 408 Medical Technology Acquisition and

Assessment

Leadership Class(1 course)

SCS strives to equip its students with fundamental skills

in effective leadership, communication, innovation, and

change management. In order to gain exposure to theories

and best practices in these administrative areas, MMI stu-

dents join other SCS graduate students in a 10-week

leadership class. With these skills complementing the

core curriculum, graduates are better prepared to face thechallenges of the modern workplace.

Capstone Project(1 course)

The final course in the MMI program is an applied

research project in which students integrate the knowledge

they have gained in the core curriculum with a topic of

relevance to their professional goals. Working with MMI

faculty, students explore the body of knowledge on med-

ical informatics while contributing research of practical

value to the field. The capstone project counts as one unit

of credit, and students have up to one year to present

their final research.


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Duration

The MMI program is designed to be com-

pleted in two to three years of uninterrupted

part-time study, although students have five

years to finish the program.

Tuition

Tuition for the 200708 academic year is

$2,922 per course. Students in the MMI/MD

program pay $1,460 per course.

Program Overview

The MMI program gives individuals with

information technology backgrounds and

clinically trained health professionals theknowledge and experience needed to apply

their talents to careers in information services

organizations within hospitals, health systems,

academic environments, and the health sys-

tems and equipment industry. This interdisci-

plinary professional program aims to blend

computing and clinical skills in the emerging

field of medical informatics. The curriculum

recognizes the complexities and academic

demands of the field and emphasizes the spe-

cific technical requirements of the profession

without training its students too narrowly.

Graduates are able to understand and affect

developments in the medical informatics field

from a technical, theoretical, and managerial

perspective.

Admission

Admission to the MMI program is on a rolling

basis, so students are welcome to start in any

of the four quarters in the academic year.

Applicants must hold a bachelors degree from

an accredited U.S. college or university or its

foreign equivalent. A competitive undergradu-

ate record that indicates strong academic abil-

ity is required. Work or research experience in

clinical, computing, or information technology

fields is highly desirable but not a requirementfor admission. The Graduate Record

Examination (GRE) is not required, but

strong scores bolster chances for admission.

Application and admission requirements in the

MMI program are identical for degree and

nondegree special students. Applicants to the

joint MMI/MD program must already be

admitted to the Feinberg School of Medicine.

For more information about admissionrequirements, see the frequently asked ques-

tions at www.scs.northwestern.edu/grad/mmi.



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A registered nurse with a bachelors degree in physiology, Shelley Myers worked for two years as a cardiac

nurse before transitioning into marketing and consulting on health care information systems. She is cur-

rently an enterprise partnership manager for Sg2, an international health care research, consulting, and

education company headquartered in Skokie, Illinois.

WHEN DID YOU BECOME INTERESTED IN MEDICAL INFORMATICS? It shaped my career from the beginning. I went to

nursing school with the idea of going into nursing informatics, and my nursing degree opened the door to

consulting. Now I have a broader interest in health care informatics. Its an evolving and fascinating

field. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE MMI PROGRAM? Northwestern has a great medical school and a robust infor-

matics department in its hospital, so I knew the program would be outstanding. I have a clinical background

and a lot of experience with information technology,

but I wanted to learn more. A formal education gives

you an understanding you cant acquire on the job

from vendors. WHAT ARE YOUR CLASSMATES LIKE? Theres

a mix of students with a range of ages one class

included a physician, several nurses and IT profes-

sionals, and a statistician. We stay in touch outside

of class through an online forum. I like to network

with other students I learn so much from them,

and it opens opportunities for future consulting.

DOES THE NETWORKING EXTEND BEYOND THE MMI

PROGRAM? Yes. My company recruits from North-

western, and I wanted our executives to understand

the program. Im arranging with SCS to invite speak-

ers from Sg2 to give guest lectures in the MMI

program its a perfect fit. WHATS NEXT FOR YOU?

I want to leverage my background and apply what Ive learned in the program by creating a clinical informa-

tion strategy forum at my company to connect organizations working to achieve similar health information

strategy goals.

Shelley MyersMMI student



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The professional graduate series provide an

integrated, streamlined sequence of courses in

select fields of graduate study at Northwestern.

They are designed to make returning to school

more manageable for busy professionals and

students who want only to focus on a particular

area of study or earn a professional credential.

Each series is designed to function both as a

complete educational experience and as a por-

tal to further study for a graduate degree.

Admissions standards and requirements for the

professional graduate series are identical to

those for the corresponding masters degree

programs, so students may be confident that

their educational experience will be rigorous

but cost a fraction of the time and tuition

required for a full degree. Students may trans-

fer to the degree program and earn credit for

any professional graduate series course com-

pleted with a grade of B or higher.

The professional graduate series usually can be

completed in a year by taking one or two

courses per quarter. It must be completed

within two years of the date of acceptance.

For more information on courses and prereq-

uisites, see pages 1415.

Professional Graduate Seriesin Medical Informatics

Curriculum

entry track classes (if any) as required by the

admissions committee

MED INF 403 Introduction to Medical

Informatics

three other courses chosen from the Medical

Informatics curriculum, except for MED INF

590

Certificate of Completion

Prior to completion of their fourth course,

students must submit the Application for

Professional Graduate Series Certificate to be

awarded the certificate (download the form

from www.scs.northwestern.edu/forms.)

Other Study Options

Nondegree special student

See page 3 or www.scs.northwestern.edu/grad

/mmi/faq.cfm for details.

The use of electronic health records and other information

technology will transform our health care system by reducing

medical errors, minimizing paperwork hassles, lowering costs, and

improving quality of care.

Mike Leavitt, Secretary of the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services


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The MMI Online Option

In addition to the traditional classroom structure, the MMI is

offered in an online distance-learning format, presenting an oppor-

tunity to study this field from virtually any location in the world.

Designed with the working professional in mind, the online option

for the MMI program parallels its campus-based counterpart inevery way, providing the same curriculum, designed and taught

by Northwestern faculty. The online program can be completed in

two to three years of part-time study. Students choose either the

on-campus or online option; a combination of online and campus-

based coursework is not available for the MMI program.

For program and admission information, call 877-664-3347, and

review the application checklist in this catalog.

For the latest course and schedule information, please visit

www.scs.northwestern/grad.

going online


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Charles Colander

Charles Colander is director of technology manage-

ment at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In this role

he is responsible for all technical infrastructures,including networking, telephony, desktop, and com-

puter services. He has over 20 years of experience in

information technology assisting many health care

organizations with IS strategy development, merger

and acquisition planning, as well as the integration of

technology and clinical transformation. Colander

earned his masters degree in management information

systems at Benedictine University.

Stasia Kahn

Stasia Kahn has been practicing internal medicine since

1988. She completed her residency at the University

of Illinois Hospital in Chicago after attending the

University of Illinois College of Medicine. She prac-

tices at and is cofounder of Fox Prairie Medial Group

P. C. in St. Charles, Illinois, and is an attending staff

member at Central DuPage Hospital. Her passion is

to use health information technology to improve the

safety and quality of patient care, leading to herinstrumental role in forming the regional health infor-

mation exchange group Northern Illinois Physicians

For Connectivity, and she is spearheading the effort to

have a state-wide universal Personal Health Record.

Kahn serves on the expert panel Assessing the

Economics of Electronic Health Record Adoption and

Successful Implementation in Physician Small Practice

Settings, part of the U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services, and also serves on the IT systems

security workgroup of the Health InformationManagement Systems Society. In 2004 Kahn pub-

lished How to Select and Implement the Right Electronic

Medical Records and Practice Management Solution for

Your Practice.


Faculty and Advisory

Board

MMI faculty and advisory board members are doctors,

clinicians, administrators, educators, researchers, and

information technology professionals at Northwestern

University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and other

leading organizations. Leaders in developing and

deploying health information technology, they play an

integral part in setting health care standards nationally

and bring this expertise to the classroom. The MMI

advisory board ensures the curriculum meets the com-

plexities and demands of the informatics field.

Jay Anderson

Jay M. Anderson, director of operations and quality

for Northwestern Memorial Hospital, is responsible

for the installation of process improvement, measure-

ment, and monitoring skills for a large contemporary

academic medical center. Prior to his work at

Northwestern Memorial, Anderson was a certified Six

Sigma Black Belt in the financial services industry for

the General Electric Company and a nuclear trained

officer in the U.S. Navy. He received his BS in systems

analysis from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and

his MBA in finance from the University of Chicago.

Patricia Becker

Patricia Becker is vice president of technology services

at University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC),

where she is responsible for building and managing

information systems and services that support the

needs of UHCs programs. UHC is a member organi-zation supporting the needs of academic medical

centers across the United States. Before joining UHC,

Becker was employed at the University of Chicago

Hospitals and Health Systems for 19 years in various

information services management positions, including

an appointment in 1993 as vice president of informa-

tion systems and chief information officer. She has

been an active participant on UHCs CIO Council

and has been the CIO representative on UHCs opera-

tions committee since its inception in1998. Becker has

an MBA in management systems from DePaul

University.


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Dennis Murphy

Dennis Murphy is the vice president of medical affairs

at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In this capacity

he is responsible for the development and implemen-tation of policies governing all financial transactions

between the hospital and the physician practice plan

of the Feinberg School of Medicine. His responsibili-

ties also include the management of graduate medical

education programs and the conduct of clinical

research programs at Northwestern Memorial

Hospital. He represents Northwestern Memorial

Hospital in medical centerwide initiatives such as

research management, the McGaw GME consortium,

and faculty leadership recruitments. After receiving an

MHA from Duke University, Murphy spent 10 years

at Johns Hopkins Hospital in a series of roles ranging

from administrative fellow and assistant administrator

of surgery to the administrator for the department of

medicine. Following his work at Johns Hopkins, he

was employed by the University of Chicago Hospitals

and served as the vice president for ambulatory services

and decision support. He has been at Northwestern

Memorial Hospital since September 2000.

Linda Salchenberger

Linda Salchenberger is associate dean of academics at

Northwesterns School of Continuing Studies and

senior lecturer at the J. L. Kellogg School of Manage-

ment. She has published research articles on data

mining and neural network applications in health care

and has been invited to address national health care

organizations on medical informatics, data warehous-

ing, and data mining in health care. Salchenbergerholds a PhD in managerial economics and decision

sciences and an MBA in decision sciences and infor-

mation systems from Kellogg.

David Liebovitz

David Liebovitz is the chief medical informatics offi-

cer for the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation,

the full-time academic medical practice affiliated withthe Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern. In

this role he works to further development of the out-

patient medical records system and optimize informa-

tion exchange with Northwestern Memorial Hospital,

where he serves as medical director for clinical infor-

mation systems. Within the hospital, Liebovitz has

been the physician lead for implementation of CPOE

and online notes. In addition, he works on the inpa-

tient general medical service, sees outpatients in his

clinical practice, and, in his role as an associate pro-

gram director for the Internal Medicine Residency

Program, supervises residents inpatient and outpatient

experiences and their interactions with medical

records. Liebovitz previously was a full-time faculty

member at the University of Chicago. He received his

medical degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago

and his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering

at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Theresa Wisdom

Theresa Wisdom works for the Health Information

Management Systems Society as a facilitator on the

Health Information Technology Standards Panel. TheHITSP panel was organized based on the Presidents

Executive Order to harmonize the exchange of health

data in the United States. Wisdom is a Registered

Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and has

an MBA from Lewis University. She is a speaker for

the Implementation of an Electronic Health Record,

assisted in amending the bookIllinois Health

Information and the Law, and teaches medical ethics,

law, and regulations within health care delivery

systems.

Dale Sanders

Dale Sanders is vice president of information services

and CIO at Northwestern Medical Faculty Founda-

tion. His background includes serving as regionaldirector of information systems and medical informat-

ics for Intermountain Health Care (IHC); vice presi-

dent of systems integration for Information

Technology International; senior systems engineer for

TRW Space and Defense Systems Integration Group;

and as a captain and information systems officer in the

U.S. Air Force. He earned a bachelors degree in

chemistry with biology minor from Fort Lewis

College, Durango, Colorado, and a certificate in

information systems management from the U.S. Air

Force. His interests include analytics and data ware-

housing, systems integration, and effective project

leadership and risk management.

Charles Watts

Charles Watts joined Northwestern Memorial

Hospital as senior vice president of medical affairs

(chief medical officer) and clinical associate dean at

Northwesterns Feinberg School of Medicine inNovember 2001. He came to Northwestern from the

University of Michigan, where for eight years he

served as chief of clinical affairs as well as medical

director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit and clini-

cal associate dean in the medical school. He received

his undergraduate and medical degrees from the

University of Michigan, where he also received his

residency training in internal medicine and pulmon-

ology, specializing in critical care. His research inter-

ests have included severity adjustment in the ICU,quality improvement measurement, and acute respira-

tory distress syndrome. While at the University of

Michigan he was a coinvestigator in the Acute

Respiratory Distress Syndrome network.



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MED INF 403-0Introduction to Medical Informatics

Survey of fundamental concepts and activities in

information technology as applied to health care.

Topics include computer-based medical records,

knowledge-based systems, telehealth, decision theory

and decision support, human-computer interfaces,

systems integration, the digital library, and educa-

tional applications. Department-specific applications

such as pathology, radiology, psychiatry, and intensive

care are also discussed. Should be taken within the

first two terms, preferably as the first core course.

Prerequisite: CIS 317 (if required by admissions

committee), equivalent knowledge, or consent of

instructor.

MED INF 404-0Health Care Enterprise Operations

This course examines the information technology

needs of every part of hospital organization and man-

agement, including patient access services, ambulatory

care, clinical practice and organization, nursing serv-

ices, managing facilities and resources, personnel and

staffing, and finance. Prerequisite: MED INF 401 or

consent of instructor.

MED INF 405-0Health Care Information Technology Integration,Interoperability, and Standards

This course provides the details of health care tech-

nology standards and interoperability. The value

proposition of standards is presented. The course

reviews health information models, looks at the IHE

Initiative, HL7, DICOM, CCOW, CorbaMED, and

other medical standards, and covers the role of non-

medical standards in medical informatics (HTTP,XML, etc.). The course also covers multi-institutional

issues and telemedicine, e-commerce, and Health

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)

standards compliance.

Course Descriptions

In addition to the MMI programs core courses, SCS

offers a wide variety of electives to enrich your graduateexperience. Following are a sample of the courses

offered by the MMI program. For the latest course

and schedule information, please visit www.scs

.northwestern/grad.

MED INF 401-0American Health Care System

Components of the U.S. health care system, including

the federal governments role in health care, health

industry management, cost and quality issues, man-

aged care, reimbursement mechanisms, legal and reg-

ulatory issues, profit vs. nonprofit care, the role of

technology and technology assessment, and the U.S.

system vs. international health care systems. This is an

entry track course for students with little clinical

experience and should be completed before attempt-

ing core courses.

MED INF 402-0

Introduction to Clinical Thinking

This course introduces the clinical environment

throughout the health center. It is designed for stu-

dents not previously involved in clinical medicine as

well as those trained in medicine outside the United

States. The course features problem-based learning

and traditional medical informatics task domains. It

covers medical terminology and basic pathophysiology.

Topics include the clinical setting, eliciting informa-

tion from patients, synthesizing the history and physi-

cal examination, establishing diagnosis, treatmentplanning, integrating evidence-based medicine, and

using an intelligent medical record in a complex envi-

ronment. This is an entry track course for students

with little clinical experience and should be com-

pleted before attempting core courses.



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LEADERS 481

Foundations of Leadership

The purpose of this course is to identify the funda-

mental leadership behaviors that enable people to

excel in their careers and to help students apply these

behaviors to personal and professional success. The

course builds from the premise that leadership is

learned and looks at the theory and practice of leader-

ship at the individual and organizational levels. The

course explores definitions of leadership, the impor-

tance of leadership, leadership styles, the role of vision

and integrity, the importance of giving and receiving

feedback, how to lead change and solve problems,

effective teamwork, and communication strategies.

The culmination of the class is a personal leadershipdevelopment plan formulated by each student.

MED INF 406-0Decision Support Systems and Health Care

This course provides an introduction to decision

analysis with elements of human cognition under

uncertainty. Topics covered include structuring deci-

sion problems and developing creative decision

options, quantifying uncertainty and preferences, and

combining them to arrive at optimal decisions. The

course also provides the foundation needed to apply

the methods of decision analysis in decision support

systems and intelligent systems. Students become

familiar with the graphical display of medical infor-

mation, decision analysis and modeling, evidence-

based medicine, Bayes theorem, knowledge-based

systems, learning systems, lexicons, coding and struc-tured data entry, and data mining. Class meetings

may be augmented by presentations from selected

vendor representatives. Prerequisite: MED INF 405

or consent of instructor.

MED INF 407-0Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues

This course addresses the legal, ethical, and social

challenges of health care informatics. The health care

industry is highly regulated, and the nature of this

regulation and the requirements that regulation

imposes on software development and acquisition

must be understood. Medical ethics, the regulatory

environment, licensure, JCAHO, HIPAA, confiden-

tiality, disclosure, and accountability are discussed.

MED INF 408-0Medical Technology Acquisitionand Assessment

This is a practical course in how to acquire and assess

new medical technology, either as a vendor who needsto know how to meet the expectations of customers

and their acquisition requirements or as a customer/

practitioner who must know how to validate technol-

ogy selections and implementations. Topics include

cost analysis and justification, economic models, capi-

tal purchase, leasing strategies, the ASP or risk-sharing

model, purchase agreements and contracts, writing an

RFP, analyzing an RFP response, and industry busi-

ness trends.



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Application Checklist

H Meet application deadlines

H Complete online application at www.scs

.northwestern.edu/grad/information/apply.cfm

H Submit the nonrefundable application fee

of $75

Supplemental Materials

H One sealed copy of official transcripts of

all previous college or university academicwork

H Two letters of recommendation focusing

on academic and professional achieve-ment and ability

H Statement of purpose (see below)

H Current rsum or curriculum vitae

(include details of clinical or IT experi-ence)

Statement of Purpose

Applicants must submit a 300-word state-

ment of purpose explaining how the degreeprogram will help them meet their academicand professional goals. Those without previ-ous education or training in medical infor-

matics or a related field should explain howother academic and nonacademic experi-ences have equipped them to undertake

graduate study in the program.

Transferring to a Degree Program

Nondegree graduate students interested in

matriculating into an affiliated mastersdegree program should submit anApplication for Readmission/ProgramTransfer form (download form from

www.scs.northwestern .edu

/grad/mmi/admission.cfm) before registeringfor their fourth course as a nondegree stu-

dent.

For More Admissions Information

If you have any questions about theapplication process call 847-491-3582for assistance.

MMI online students call 877-664-3347.

School of Continuing Studies

Office of Graduate Admission405 Church StreetEvanston, Illinois 60208

Career Opportunities

Graduates with an MMI degree have an edgewhen seeking careers in

Private Industry

Promote design and deployment of new

technologies such as electronic prescription

technology, electronic health records, and

personal health records

Research

Develop new techniques and technologies

Collaborate with industry as a consultant to

the design process

Design and perform systems evaluations

Initiate standards development

Education

Teach medical students, residents, and

fellows core informatics concepts

Educate colleagues and participate in

change management

Health Care Administration and Management

Extract and analyze management informa-

tion from health care information systems

Manage and implement health information

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Student Services

Advising/Student Services

School of Continuing Studies

847-491-5611Program Coordinator847-467-7854

Admissions Coordinator847-491-3582

Bookstores

Evanston: 847-491-3990

Chicago: 312-503-8486

www.northwestern.bkstore.com

CAESAR

CAESAR is Northwesterns online student

registration and services gateway.Help Line: 847-467-4877

www.northwestern.edu/caesar

Career Services

University Career Services lists part-time jobopportunities.

University Career Services620 Lincoln StreetEvanston, Illinois 60208847-491-3700

www.northwestern.edu/careers

The Vault online career service for admitted

SCS graduate students. Send an e-mail [email protected] for Web sitesaddress and password.

Course Management System

Northwestern Universitys CourseManagement System, sometimes calledblackboard, is a tool used by many profes-sors to host Web sites for their courses. TheSystem allows professors to make courseinformation such as slides, text documents,and multimedia files easily available to theirstudents. Log on at http://courses.northwestern.edu/webapps/login 24 hours after you registerfor a course. Support personnel also can be

reached by email at [email protected] or telephone at 847-491-4044.

E-Mail

Students must create an e-mail account.Contact Northwestern University InformationTechnology (NUIT) for further information.

NUIT Support (Evanston)Kresge Hall, Room 1-435880 Campus DriveEvanston, Illinois 60208847-491-HELP

NUIT Support (Chicago)Abbott Hall, Suite 600710 North Lake Shore DriveChicago, Illinois 60611312-503-3682

www.it.northwestern.edu

Financial Aid

Chicago Office of Financial Aid

710 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 629Chicago, Illinois 60611312-503-8722

Human Resources, Benefits Division

Evanston: 847-491-7513

Chicago: 312-695-8134

www.northwestern.edu/hr

Identification: WildCARD

The WildCARD, Northwesterns identifica-tion card, is used to access Universitylibraries, sports facilities, and a variety ofother services on campus.

WildCARD (Evanston)Norris University CenterUnderground Level1999 Campus DriveEvanston, Illinois 60208847-467-6843

WildCARD (Chicago)Abbott Hall, Room 100710 North Lake Shore DriveChicago, Illinois 60611312-503-0548

www.univsvcs.northwestern.edu/WildCARD

International Office

Visas available to international studentsvary depending on course of study (degree,nondegree, visiting scholar, etc.). People whoare not U.S. citizens or resident aliens arestrongly encouraged to contact this officefor more information before applying to agraduate program at Northwestern.

847-491-5613

www.northwestern.edu/international

Libraries

Northwestern maintains an extensive librarysystem on two campuses, with combinedcollections totaling more than 4 million

volumes.Northwestern University Library1970 Campus DriveEvanston, Illinois 60208-2300

Schaffner Library339 East Chicago AvenueChicago, Illinois 60611312-503-8422

Information (all libraries): 847-491-7658www.library.northwestern.edu

Parking Permits

Students who wish to purchase a parking

permit should contact the following officesfor more information:

Parking Office (Evanston)1819 Hinman AvenueEvanston, Illinois 60208847-491-3310

Parking Office (Chicago)Abbott Hall, Room 100710 North Lake Shore DriveChicago, Illinois 60611312-503-1103

www.univsvcs.northwestern.edu/parking

Sports and Athletic Facilities

Memberships and daily fee rates are available.Crown Sports Pavilion/Norris AquaticsCenter2311 Campus DriveEvanston, Illinois 60208847-491-4303

www.northwestern.edu/fitness-recreation

Student Accounts

Evanston: 847-491-5224

www.northwestern.edu/sfs

SCS Student Advisory Board

The Student Advisory Board serves as anadvocate for SCS students and strives tobuild a more cohesive SCS community.

[email protected]

Students with Disabilities

It is Northwestern University policy toensure that no qualified student with a dis-ability is denied the benefits of, excludedfrom the participation in, or otherwise sub-

jected to discrimination in any Universityprogram or activity. Northwestern providesa variety of services to assist students withdisabilities in becoming active members ofthe University community.

Office of Services for Students withDisabilitiesScott Hall601 University PlaceEvanston, Illinois 60208847-467-5530 (voice)847-467-5533 (TTY)

www.northwestern.edu/disability

University Police

Evanston: 847-491-3254

Chicago: 312-503-8314

Emergency: 911

www.northwestern.edu/up


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Continuing Education at Northwestern

Im doing this for meIm doing this for my careerIt works with my life

There is no such thing as a typical School of Continuing

Studies student. No single age group, industry, education

level, neighborhood, or background characterizes our

students. What they do have in common is a desire to

reach their personal and professional goals. What we

offer is a plan for getting there.

312-503-4682 www.scs.northwestern.edu

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Documents

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