Program Overview

The B.S. in Healthcare Information Systems (HCIS) is a three-year program of study consisting of 99-credit hours. The program combines concepts of healthcare, information technology, and leadership practice to prepare graduates with the required knowledge and skills to be valuable designers and developers of health information systems. HCIS program at RHU develops students’ computational and critical thinking skills to create, not simply use, new healthcare technologies and systems. Students learn how to think and solve problems in a logical way by acquiring the fundamentals principles of sciences as well as advanced techniques that are currently used for practical systems development. They also learn oral communication and presentational proficiencies, as well as how to work on individual and team projects to develop new systems which enhance time management and team coordination skills. Graduates of RHU’s HCIS program are lifetime learners; they are able to adapt quickly to this ever-changing challenging field.

Career Opportunities

With a Healthcare Information Systems degree at Rafik Hariri University, students will gain the foundational knowledge for the development and application of information technologies and systems in meeting the growing needs of healthcare organizations. Given the importance of information accuracy, privacy and security, HCIS graduates will be prepared for involvement in regulatory compliance and quality assessment activities designed to ensure that health information systems support patient care and safety. HCIS graduates can work with nurses, physicians, other healthcare providers, managers and technical specialists in a variety of settings such as hospitals, long-term-care facilities, insurance and managed care organizations, government agencies and vendor firms.