Overview
Learn to apply data analytics to the Healthcare industry
Whether you are beginning your career, making a career move or looking to expand your skill set for this specialized field, our Health Analytics program can help you. Gain the foundational knowledge and in-demand skills employers are looking for.
- Learn to apply the principles and best practices of data analytics to healthcare data using big data and machine learning solutions
- Explore ways to collect, analyze, distribute, protect health data using statistical, programming and software tools
- Assess how health analytics is leveraged and communicated by key decision-makers, quality and risk managers
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Program highlights Learn More
- Convenient online virtual classroom format
- Taught by industry experts
- Earn a Certificate of Completion
- Open enrolment program
Health Analytics program features:
- Ideal program for individuals interested in seeking a data analytics position or advancement in the healthcare sector
- Dynamic virtual classroom format with scheduled online lectures and instructor-led tutorials
- Network with professionals from various disciplines
What you'll learn Learn More
- Foundations of Healthcare System and Health Data
- Application of Statistics and Predictive Analysis
- Methods of communicating with Data
Through our Health Analytics program, you’ll learn to:
- Identify and explain the primary components of the Canadian healthcare system
- Explore different types of health information systems used to collect, store, access, distribute and protect health data
- Apply statistical analysis to healthcare data
- Assess how health data is used in healthcare by key decision-makers, quality and risk managers
- Use standard statistical tools and software programs for analysis and data visualization
- Investigate the application of big data and machine learning practices for health data analysis
Learn more about the Health Analytics program
- Healthcare workers seeking to expand their professional roles
- Data Analysts seeking careers in healthcare
Earning a Certificate in Health Analytics opens doors to a wide range of rewarding careers including:
- Clinical Informatics Analyst
- Health Data Analyst
- Planning Analyst
- Analyst – Privacy and Access Operations
- Billing Analyst
- Data Analyst – Health Surveillance
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Identify and explain the primary components of the healthcare system
- Explore types of health information and analyze the information systems used to collect, store, assess, distribute, and protect health data
- Apply statistical analysis to sets of health care data
- Use standard statistical tool, software and programs for analysis and data visualization
- Assess how health data is used within the healthcare system, decision?makers, quality and risk managers
- Investigate the application of big data and machine learning practices for health data analysis
- Demonstrate an awareness of ethical practices and professional standards applicable to the fields of health and social service
- Exemplify the skills, attitudes, and behaviours required to work and collaborate with people and develop personal management skills
- Employ effective communication practices
This educational offering has been approved for the following continuing education credit/professional development credit by the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists. McMaster University Continuing Education maintains all responsibility for this offering and its content.
HDA 101: Foundations of Health Data (20 credits)
HDA 102: Statistical Analysis for Health Data (20 credits)
HDA 103: Communicating with Data (20 credits)
HDA 104: Predictive Analytics for Health Data (20 credits)
Check out our latest Program Preview webinar to learn more about the Health Analytics program
What our recent graduates say
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
I wanted to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that.
I wanted to be able to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that because of McMaster Continuing Education. Being a nurse, there are so many different avenues of nursing that I can try new things and continue to learn. The instructors were really understanding. When you’re working full-time, having someone that will promptly answer your questions and make time for you when you need it, they made it really easy.
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work.
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work. Our field in data is continuously changing. I found that sweet balance in terms of the focus of the course. It’s a life cycle of how the data is coming in all the way to make it a service or a product. The course gives you that 360 spectrum.
Zaki
Big Data graduate
I wanted to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that.
I wanted to be able to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that because of McMaster Continuing Education. Being a nurse, there are so many different avenues of nursing that I can try new things and continue to learn. The instructors were really understanding. When you’re working full-time, having someone that will promptly answer your questions and make time for you when you need it, they made it really easy.
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work.
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work. Our field in data is continuously changing. I found that sweet balance in terms of the focus of the course. It’s a life cycle of how the data is coming in all the way to make it a service or a product. The course gives you that 360 spectrum.
Zaki
Big Data graduate
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Certificate of Completion in Health Analytics
Earn the Certificate of Completion in Health Analytics by completing any three courses listed below.
Courses (complete any 3)
HDA 103
Communicating with Data
$604.00
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Health Analytics Schedule
Health Analytics Schedule
This schedule table displays courses planned to be offered this year and is a guide to planning your courses for the academic year. Please note: Spring term registration opens mid-March and Fall/Winter term registration opens mid-July.
For more information about our learning formats and to choose a format that works best for you, please visit our Learning Formats page. All times listed below are in the Eastern Time Zone (ET).
Course Name (Course Code) | Cost | Units | Fall 2024 | Winter 2025 | Spring/Summer 2025 |
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Understanding the Canadian Health care System (HTH 100) | $912.93 | 3.0 | Sep 23 - Nov 24 Format: Online | — | — |
Foundations of Health Data (HDA 101) | $604.00 | Tue, Sep 17 - Oct 29 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom | Wed, Jan 15 - Feb 26 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom | — | |
TBD | — | — | Tue, May 13 - Jun 24 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom | ||
Statistics Analysis for Health Data (HDA 102) | $604.00 | — | Fri, Jan 17 - Feb 28 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom | — | |
TBD | — | — | Thu, May 15 - Jun 26 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom | ||
Communicating with Data (HDA 103) | $604.00 | Fri, Nov 8 - Dec 20 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom | — | — | |
TBD | — | — | Wed, Jul 9 - Aug 20 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom | ||
Predictive Analytics for Health Data (HDA 104) | $604.00 | — | Thu, Mar 13 - Apr 24 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom | — |
The schedule table is subject to change. Please visit the course pages to browse classes currently available for registration and the latest cost information.
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
This program is open enrolment, which means there is no formal application or admission procedure. To enrol in a course, simply register online. Our courses can be taken as part of a program or individually.
To enrol in McMaster Continuing Education programs, you must:
- Have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent
- Be a mature student as defined in the Undergraduate Calendar of McMaster University or
- Be deemed an exceptional case
To ensure you are successful in your online courses, you are required to have knowledge and skills with general computer applications, such as keyboarding, file management, video conferencing and word processing.
Language Requirements
If your first language is not English, you must meet the University’s English language proficiency requirements. Completion of TOEFL exam with a minimum acceptable score of 20 on each of the four components (reading, writing, speaking and listening), valid for 2 years.
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