Department: Stanford Center for Clinical Research

Contacts

Office: Center for Academic Medicine (CAM1 Building), CERC, 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA
Mail Code: 94304-5657
Email: MCiMInquiry@stanford.edu
Web Site: https://med.stanford.edu/master-clinical-informatics-management.html

The Master of Science in Clinical Informatics Management program (MCiM) is an intensive, one-year professional master’s degree combining business and technology constructs directed toward our migration to value in health care. The program offers students a unique experience of both remote and weekend onsite sessions to fit the needs of working professionals. Master of Science in Clinical Informatics Management courses provide rich learning experiences for students through a collaborative environment and dynamic course content. Through the coursework, students gain a deep understanding of health informatics and the business insights to accurately leverage technology to succeed in the real world.

COVID-19 has reinforced the longstanding need for leaders who can expertly navigate business, technology, and medicine to manage and drive the digital transformation of a $4.0 trillion health care system. Diverse applications such as telemedicine for routine clinical care and digital radiology for the rapid diagnosis of COVID pneumonia are among some of the opportunities the crisis has highlighted. Others include greater capabilities for remote health monitoring, wearable sensors for monitoring patients, the health of populations on college campuses and in the workforce, and interactive voice-response tools such as Alexa, Siri, or Hey Google to provide new patient care services.

Behind the scenes, machine learning has been rapidly adopted in applications as diverse as screening potential therapies for application to COVID and profiling symptoms that might indicate infection. Failures of the existing health care infrastructure have also been glaringly illustrated by the lack of interoperable data between hospitals and between the public and private sectors, as well as the lack of access to real-time data and reports as the COVID situation rapidly unfolded. Together, these scenarios call for leadership that brings together technology and clinical business units in entirely new ways.

MCiM develops managers and senior leaders who have a keen understanding of the strategic business concepts and data science principles fundamental to raising the quality and efficiency of care delivery, in the COVID era and beyond. The founder of MCiM, Kevin Schulman, Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Operations, Information and Technology at the Graduate School of Business, built the country’s first clinical informatics management program at Duke University in 2011. Graduates from that program have moved into management and senior leadership roles such as CEO, CIO, CMIO, CHIO, and Health Care IT Director.

Faculty

Director of Clinical Excellence Research Center: Arnold Milstein

Director of Graduate Studies: Kevin Schulman

Associate Director: Zoë Richardson

Graduate Advising  

For a statement of University policy on graduate advising, see the "Graduate Advising" section of this bulletin.

MCiM is committed to providing academic advising in support of graduate student scholarly and professional development. When most effective, this advising relationship entails collaborative and sustained engagement by both the advisor and the advisee. As a best practice, advising expectations should be periodically discussed and reviewed to ensure mutual understanding. Both the advisor and the advisee are expected to maintain professionalism and integrity.

Graduate students are active contributors to the advising relationship; students are expected to proactively seek academic and professional guidance and take responsibility for informing themselves of policies and degree requirements. MCiM administrative program staff also play an important part in student advising. Program staff informs and advises students about University and department requirements, procedures, and opportunities.

All MCiM students have the MCiM Director of Graduate Studies assigned as their faculty advisor. In this role, the advisor communicates and is available to students regarding degree requirements and academic and non-academic policies that pertain to students, and serves as a general mentor regarding research and exploring academic opportunities and professional pathways.