Digital Health Leader Micro-credential
Issued by
Purdue University Global
The digital health leader micro-credential prepares earners with the knowledge and skills necessary to interact with and effectively use digital tools and emerging technologies important in a rapidly evolving digital health care landscape. Competencies related to governance and management will facilitate professional preparation and empowerment for earners to assume leadership roles to effectively implement and use digital platforms to improve health outcomes.
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- Level Intermediate
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Skills
- Change Management
- Cybersecurity Safeguards
- Data Management
- Engaging With Stakeholders
- Enterprise Value Management
- Organizational Vision and Strategy
- Process Improvement Methodologies
- Project Management
Earning Criteria
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HA515: Leadership and Management in Health Care - This course explores organizational theory and behavior essential for successful leadership and management in the health care industry. Emphasis will be placed on communication techniques, self-analysis, and strategies for best practices in order to effectively implement key leadership and management concepts in dynamic health care environments.
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HI520: Database Design and SQL - This course covers fundamental database design topics in a health care context, including data modeling, entity-relationship diagrams, the top-down database design methodology, the bottom-up database design methodology, functional dependencies, and the normalization process. You will learn about Structured Query Language (SQL), which is used to retrieve and modify health care-related data in relational databases.
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HI540: Project Management of Health Information Systems - In this course, you will build on industry standard concepts, techniques, and processes to develop a comprehensive foundation for project management activities. During a project's life cycle, you will develop the critical skills necessary to provide guidance for the behavior of people involved in projects as they influence and shape the performance domains to produce the intended outcomes.
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HI550: Organizational Development and Management for Health Information - This course presents the fundamental elements that comprise health information management and strategic information systems planning to align IT programs and projects with organizational goals. Throughout this course you will be able to identify the organizational needs identified as technology management, health care information management, organizational management, and asset and application management.
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HI580: Information Systems Design and Implementation - This course will provide a working knowledge of the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of information technology as related to health care systems. You will be introduced to the infrastructure of information systems including computer networking, applications and storage, security of information systems, and integration of that knowledge to the design and implementation of a new system.
Standards
Completion of this micro-credential may qualify you to earn the CAHIIM Digital Health Leader (DHL) certificate. The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) is the accreditor of Purdue Global's DHL certificate program. The DHL program’s accreditation has been affirmed through 2030–2031.
Digital Health Professional and Digital Health Leader Competencies were developed by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).