CHPSW ยป Health Information Management

Degrees Offered

BS in Health Information Management:

Health Information Management (HIM) is focused on the development, implementation, management and maintenance of patient health information systems in accordance with legal, regulatory and accrediting agencies’ requirements for health care data collection and dissemination.  

HIM professionals have a special role in making sure that patient information remains confidential and maintained in a manner that ensures the patient’s privacy and that health care information is secure.  

A career in HIM combines interests in medicine, management, information technology, electronic health record systems, and finance. HIM Professionals design and manage health information systems, with special attention to quality and privacy of health information,  in a wide range of settings such as  hospitals, managed and ambulatory care, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, consulting firms, and public health organizations.

MS in Health Informatics:

Health Informatics (HI) is the intersection of healthcare, information science, and computer science.  It is focused on  the resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine. Health informatics toolsinclude computers, clinical guidelines, formal medical terminologies, and information and communication systems. 

A career in HI combines interests in medicine, management, information technology, and electronic health record (EHR) systems.  Professionals design and manage health information systems which contribute to major improvements in the safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency of care.  HI professionals practice in a wide range of settings such as hospitals, managed and ambulatory care, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, consulting firms, and public health organizations.