Last call: Early bird rate for NIHI MCE courses

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning spring 2025. They are: “Leadership in Healthcare: Leading Change, “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare,” “ePrivacy Risk Management,” “ePrivacy Fundamentals,” and “Effective Dashboards.” Register at www.nihi.ca, the early bird deadline ending February 28th.

ePrivacy Fundamentals
13 Sessions: 3 Live, 10 Recorded.
Mondays, March 3, 17 & 31, 2025
12:00 – 1:30 PM ET
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of privacy and how to use this knowledge to build privacy programs in healthcare organizations. It will include an examination of the risks associated with Artificial Intelligence and the best practices for deploying AI technologies effectively.  More Information

ePrivacy Risk Management
13 Sessions: 3 Live, 10 Recorded.
Mondays, May 12, 26 & June 16, 2025
12:00 – 1:30 PM ET
This course will guide you on how to identify, assess and manage privacy risk in healthcare organizations. It covers risk management principles, Privacy Impact Assessment, Threat and Risk Assessment, managing privacy breaches and complaints, and building privacy into the design of your programs, services and products. More Information

Effective Dashboards for Health Care
Tuesdays, April 15 – June 17, 2025
12:00 – 1:00 PM ET
The development of effective data visualization tools empowers healthcare leaders to make data-informed decisions. This course will outline a practical approach to developing and adopting dashboards that healthcare leaders will want to use.  More Information

Leadership In Healthcare: Leading Change
Wednesdays, April 16 – June 11, 2025
12:00 – 1:00 PM ET
The Change Leadership course offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of strategies for effectively leading organizational change within the healthcare sector. This course emphasizes the importance of vision and strategy, a focus on people, and clear communication in leading effective and meaningful change.  More Information

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Thursdays, April 3 – June 19, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET or 12:30 – 1:30 PM ET
This introductory level course will help participants understand Artificial Intelligence (AI), its potential for business and the opportunities for its implementation in health care. It will look at the implications of AI in use, including ethics, regulations, data privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, and market demand.  More Information