Combining data analytics with health care management or the first time, the MDA-HM program uniquely focuses on educating students on the latest advances in the tools and technologies involved in big data analytics for health management applications. Furthermore, the program aims to train participants in various applied techniques, methodologies, and tools to effectively manage and analyze the constant growth of health data, in order to drive higher productivity in the healthcare sector.

Enrolled students will:

• Develop core knowledge in data analytics. Students will acquire essential skills for scientific studies, research work, and decision-making through undergoing core courses that include artificial intelligence in healthcare, principles of health informatics, computational bioinformatics, and research methods and ethics in health and genomics.
• Master big data systems for multiple disciplines, exploring the impact of examining big data (large datasets containing a variety of data types for health or other applications).
• Furthermore, students will be trained to master state- of-the-art tools and methodologies in uncovering hidden patterns, unknown correlations, market trends, customer preferences and other useful business information from big data.
• Study ethics involved in data analytics: Students will obtain a deep knowledge of today’s health management systems and their pitfalls. Importantly, they will apply high ethical standards and propose draft policies for dealing with big data applied to health management. A key objective of the MDA-HM program is to foster a strong understanding of health management values, policies, challenges and opportunities, as well as their impact on health.