Medical health informatics sits at the intersection of information and computer science medicine and healthcare this interdisciplinary module explores how data are collected processed and used in a healthcare setting while developing an applied expertise in a rapidly emerging field. Electronic medical records or emr are traditionally the domain of clinical computing which is a sub component of medical informatics the emr is patient centered information personal and clinical that a doctor enters into a computer system an initially time consuming process that is negated by the potential cost savings. The following section describes the relation 518 a luneski et al affective computing and medical informatics between emotions and health as the chief reason for the recent focus into the area of affective computing by the medical informatics society furthermore there is an explanation of how each of the three channels of affective computing is applied in the current medical technologies . Transforming how health care is approached and delivered through big data is the goal of our two new professional programs a graduate diploma and a masters in biomedical informatics using a ladder approach students can take the 4 month graduate diploma with the option to continue on to complete a one year masters