Health Information Management, M.S.

The Master of Science in Health Information Management (MSHIM) is designed to prepare students and professionals for senior-level career advancement. The graduate degree in HIM aims to provide advanced academic preparation and experiences for professionals focused on health informatics, health services administration, quality improvement, and risk management. The MS in HIM program is designed to facilitate the career advancement of practicing health information management professionals; however, it also facilitates the growth of those in clinical practice, laboratory science, or those committed to joining the health information discipline such as nursing, health and health education, as well as who would become new healthcare professionals, such as information technology and business management.

 

Plan of Study

Year One - Fall

• HIM 500: Issues and Trends in Health Care (3 credits)
• HIM 501: Introduction to Health Informatics (3 credits)
• HIM 502: Legal Issues of health Information & Informatics Management (3 credits)

 

Year One - Spring

• HIM 505: Financial Management for Health Care Organization (3 credits)
• HIM 506: Health Care Organization & Delivery (3 credits)
• HIM 507: Health Information Clinical Classification Systems

 

Year One - Summer

• HIM 503: Electronic Health Record Design & Planning (3 credits)
• HIM 504: Human Resource Management in Health Care (3 credits)

 

Year Two - Fall

• HIM 508: Research Methodology of Health Information (3 credits)
• HIM 509: Data Warehouse and Mining (3 credits)
• HIM 510: Advanced Concepts in Clinical Information Systems (3 credits)

 

Year Two - Spring

• HIM 511: QI in Health Care (3 credits)
• HIM 780: Capstone Project (3 credits)
• HIM 781: *Internship (Optional) (3 credits)
• HIM 782: RHIA Prep (2 credits)

 

Year Two - Summer

• HIM XXX: Concentration Course #1
• HIM XXX: Concentration Course #2

 

Year Three - Fall

• HIM XXX: Concentration Course #3
• HIM XXX: Concentration Course #4
• HIM XXX: Concentration Course #5