USF Faculty Talk Informatics, Analytics Trends with ReachMD

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Dr. Robert Deschenes and Dr. Athanasios Tsalatsanis appeared on a popular podcast recently to discuss the impact that health informatics and healthcare analytics are having on the healthcare industry.

ReachMD, a learning platform for healthcare professionals where award-winning content is delivered via a broadcast network, is the host of a podcast titled “Your Career in Healthcare.” Dr. Deschenes and Dr. Tsalatsanis answered a variety of questions in a 13-minute podcast with host Tim Rush.

Questions focused on:

  • Why USF continues to take a lead role in informatics?
  • What is the difference between informatics and analytics?
  • How did USF’s healthcare analytics concentration come about?
  • What is happening in healthcare that makes a healthcare analytics concentration necessary?
  • What are the advantages of these degrees being offered by a medical school?
  • Details about faculty and their experience.
  • What is the significance of the new Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics being SAS Certified?
  • What healthcare professionals will benefit most from a master’s degree or graduate certificate in healthcare analytics?
  • What size medical offices need experts in these fields, or are these programs aimed at major hospitals?

Hear the full interview from ReachMD here.

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