You can improve health care systems and enhance the patient experience—without becoming a nurse or physician. Develop sought-after skills that lead to employment by earning our Health Information Management (HIM) degree.
You’ll help people to navigate complex health care choices, and protect the security of their electronic health records by becoming a Health Information Management professional.
This degree is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) and approved by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
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At a glance
Format
On-campus or online
Start dates
Fall, Spring, or Summer
What you'll learn
Immerse yourself in the world of Health Information Professionals, gaining hands-on experience in areas like data analytics, medical coding, HIPAA compliance, and leadership. Through practical training and real-world applications, you'll be equipped to sit for the RHIA exam, earning a globally recognized credential that prepares you to excel in the healthcare industry.
Prerequisite or Evidence of Knowledge
- Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Medical Terminology
- Computer Concepts and Applications
- Math Statistics
Domain I. Data Governance, Content, and Structure
- Compare diverse stakeholder perspectives through the delivery of health care services.
- Analyze strategies for the management of information.
- Evaluate policies and strategies to achieve data integrity.
- Recommend compliance of health record content across the health system.
- Utilize classification systems, clinical vocabularies, and nomenclatures.
- Evaluate data dictionaries and data sets for compliance with governance standards.
Domain II. Information Protection: Access, Use, Disclosure, Privacy, and Security
- Recommend privacy strategies for health information.
- Recommend security strategies for health information.
- Analyze compliance requirements throughout the health information life cycle.
Domain III. Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use
- Examine health informatics concepts for the management of health information.
- Analyze technologies for health information management.
- Interpret statistics for health services.
- Examine health care findings with data visualizations.
- Compare research methodologies pertaining to health care.
- Manage data within a database management system.
- Identify standards for exchange of health information.
Domain IV. Revenue Cycle Management
- Evaluate assignment of diagnostic and procedural codes and groupings in accordance with official guidelines.
- Manage components of the revenue cycle.
- Evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements and reimbursement methodologies.
Domain V. Health Law & Compliance
- Comply with legal processes impacting health information.
- Evaluate compliance with external forces.
- Analyze components of risk management as related to a health organization.
- Analyze the impact of policy on health care.
Domain VI. Organizational Management & Leadership
- Facilitate fundamental leadership skills.
- Assess the impact of organizational change.
- Analyze human resource strategies for organizational best practices.
- Leverage data-driven performance improvement techniques for decision making.
- Verify financial management processes.
- Assess ethical standards of practice.
- Facilitate consumer engagement activities.
- Facilitate training needs for a healthcare organization.
- Compare project management methodologies to meet intended outcomes.
Credit for prior learning and experience
If you’re changing careers or bringing industry experience with you, we offer flexible pathways to help you earn your degree without repeating what you already know. Select Coursera courses align with key course requirements, and if you successfully complete and pass them, you may receive academic credit.
The certificates listed below have been reviewed by faculty and can count toward your bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management.
To earn this credit, students must complete all eight courses in the certificate and the certification process which involves payment to Coursera for the content, verification, and certificate. No other certificates have been evaluated, and therefore this is the only certificate approved for credit.
Equivalent: HIM-M 120 (3 cr) Data Organization and Presentation in the Healthcare Environment
Students who have mastered the skills in this class may be successful in testing out of HIM-M 200 (3cr) Database Design for Health Information Management.
To earn this credit, students must complete all six courses in the certificate and the certification process which involves payment to Coursera for the content, verification, and certificate. No other certificates have been evaluated, and therefore this is the only certificate approved for credit.
Equivalent: HIM-M420 (3 cr) Healthcare Planning and Information Systems
Students who have mastered the skills in this class may be successful in testing out of HIM-M 462 (3cr) Healthcare Quality Improvement.
Sixty credit hours of credit-by-credential can be granted to enrolled students who have obtained both:
- An Associate of Science in Health Information Technology or an Associate of Applied Science in Health Information Technology within the last 5 years at an institution accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM).
- The Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) credential awarded by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
Also:Transfer students can transfer up to 90 percent of credit hours they’ve earned from programs accredited by CAHIIM. (This number is based on CAHIIM 2014 competencies.)
Careers
$90KMedian annual starting salary
85%Employed / Continuing Education
4.5 YearsFull-time graduation rate
7 YearsPart-time graduation rate
Where our graduates work
100% student & employer satisfaction.
- Blue and Co.
- Clinical Coding Solutions
- Columbus Regional Hospital
- Franciscan Alliance
- The Health Care Group-Encore
- IU Health
- Indiana University Transformation System
- St. Vincent Health
- Trust Healthcare Consulting Services
- Truven Health Analytics
Sample job titles
- Certified medical coder
- Consultant
- Health informatics specialist
- Health information services director
- HIM supervisor
- Implementation consultant
- Outpatient authorization specialist
- Reimbursement analyst
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The Health Information Management accreditor of Indiana University (Indianapolis Campus) is the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The College’s accreditation for the Baccalaureate degree in Health Information Management has been reaffirmed through 2022. All inquiries about the program’s accreditation status should be directed by mail to CAHIIM, 200 East Randolph Street, Suite 5100, Chicago, IL, 60601; by phone at (312) 235-3255; or by email at info@cahiim.org.