If you have an interest in health care and information technology, health information management (HIM) may be the right career choice for you.

HIM professionals are experts in managing patient health information and medical records, administering computer information systems, and coding the diagnoses and procedures for healthcare services provided to patients.

What We Offer
Our bachelor of science degree program provides skilled instruction in the management and use of information and information systems for health care planning and provision, resource allocation, and executive decision-making. We offer a two-year, full-time program and part-time program completed over three years. Both options begin in the fall semester every year.

Graduates are eligible to register for the national Registered Health Information Administrators (RHIA) credential examination offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Over 90 percent of our graduates pass the exam, consistently scoring above the national mean in both overall and subject-specific areas.

About the Profession
Health information management professionals are responsible for safeguarding the most confidential patient data, including medical histories, lab test reports, diagnoses, treatment plans, insurance information, medications, and the notes of doctors and nurses. Working as a critical link between doctors, insurance providers and patients, they manage health information in a way that is consistent with the medical, administrative, ethical and legal requirements of today’s sensitive environment for protecting health information.

Because registered health information administrators (RHIAs) are experts in the field of patient information and medical records, they help develop information systems for:

• quality patient care
• facility reimbursement
• medical research
• health planning
• health care evaluation

Besides managing information, RHIAs frequently also manage people, hospital committees, budgets, and major investments.

Learn More
More information about careers in health information management and the credentialing exam can be found at www.ahima.org.

The Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). Further information is available at http://www.cahiim.org.