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Temple's Health Information Management Department Employer Fair May 9, 2012

Temple's Health Information Management Department and Southeastern Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association (SePHIMA) Hosting Joint Alumni/Educational Event on June 6, 2012

Temple's Health Information Management Department Hosting a Pennsylvania Cancer Registry Training Event on June 13 - 15, 2012

Temple's Health Informatics/Health Information Management programs are listed in the 2012 Edition of the U.S. News and World Report review of Best Colleges.

Health Information Management and Health Informatics have been identified as  the top 20 fastest growing professions in the country. In fact, the demand for health information professionals will increase by 20% by 2018 with over 35,000 new openings and 212,000 positions!  

Health information management and health informatics 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.

Temple University offers several programs including a Bachelor's of Science in Health Information Management (BSHIM), a Master's of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI), a pre-Health Information Management program, and post-baccalaureate Health Informatics certificates.

As one of the oldest accredited programs in the country, and one of only three accredited BSHIM programs in Pennsylvania, Temple’s BSHIM program can prepare you for an exciting career in 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.  

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.

 All of our programs are designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become self-directed learners who possess critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities, as well as the systems thinking necessary for adapting careers within a changing healthcare environment.

The BSHIM has as a 2+2 design in which students take general education and HIM pre-requisite courses in the pre-HIM program.  Course work in the pre-HIM program can be taken in the day or evening, on a full or part-time basis at any campus.   Students then move onto the BSHIM program which is offered as a full-time day program at Temple's Health Sciences campus although some courses can be taken on-line, in the evening, and at the Ambler and Main campuses.   We encourage transfer students into the pre-HIM and BSHIM programs and work closely with community colleges and other programs to facilitate a smooth transition into our programs. 

As one of only six accredited master's programs in the U.S., Temple's MSHI is designed as a mult-disciplinary part or full-time evening program targeted to working professionals. 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 tools include 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.