Health Informatics is the interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare services, delivery, management and planning. Health Informatics is a unique academic model of collaboration involving three colleges— College of Health Professions (COHP), College of Business (COB) and College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE). Health Informatics consists of three major facets or domains: Information Systems, Informatics, and Information Technology. Information Systems curriculum components focus on such issues as information systems analysis, design, implementation, management and leadership. Informatics curriculum components are concerned with the study of structure, function and transfer of information, socio-technical aspects of health computing, and human-computer interaction. Information Technology curriculum components focus on computer networks, database and systems administration, security, and programming.

There is a huge demand for Health Informatics professionals. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that Health Information Management and Health Informatics employment will grow nearly 18% by 2016; they further project a need of more than 6,000 new professionals each year through 2014 alone. It is expected that as the field develops due to health-related initiatives and mandates that the federal government established in 2009, the need for Health Informatics professionals will continue to grow at an even faster rate.