The Participants

Those who participate in Health Informatics programs will encompass the entire cross-section of the personnel in the healthcare chain. Both senior and junior members will see the value of these programs in improving efficiency in their work and in the organizations goals. The senior personnel may find the short course adequate and the younger persons value in doing the Post graduate Diploma.
Most of them will ideally have Professional Degrees in a Health Related Area. Nurses, Physicians, Medical Librarians or have worked in the health care arena for a few years.
Consultants with Management Consulting firms, Hospital Record Managers, Data Analysts, Librarians, Senior Staff in State Health Departments, Programmer/ Analysts in industry, as well as family doctors also feel the need for learning Health lnformatics.
Research scholars , Computer Engineers and Scientists will immensely benefit by acquiring professional knowledge in this area.
It is our endeavor that these courses will stimulate the attendees to find innovative methods to use this knowledge in their own area of work .

Prospects for participants in Health informatics Programs

These courses will provide all personnel working in the health care chain an opportunity to be exposed to this new science and consider a parallel career in Health informatics. They are designed to benefit every member of the health care team . For some an exposure to this science will help them in enhancing performance in their own area of work and developing a coveted position within the organization . For others it may lead to a full time career in Health Informatics . These trained personnel can then work full time or part time in the following:

• Health organizations , Modern hospitals ( Private and Govt ) and commercial companies
• University Medical lnformatics or Medical Computing Departments
• International and National Government and Research Offices
• Participants in the drawing up of National Informatics Strategies