Master of Science in Health Information Management

The Master of Science in Health Information Management (HIM) is designed to provide practicing healthcare professionals with the requisite knowledge and skills to enhance their careers. With a focus on healthcare data analytics and informatics, this online master’s degree utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to its curriculum emphasizing health data management, clinical and administrative decision-making, strategic planning, and outcomes management. In addition, you will continue to build upon your leadership, critical thinking, written and verbal communication, and problem solving skills. The program is designed to help prepare you to manage health information systems and people, as well as employ appropriate change management strategies within an organization.

Note: Some courses in the program require you to install software for virtual online lab accessibility.

Degree Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

• Interpret governmental regulations for managing patient data, quality data reporting, and ethical use of protected health information.
• Assess appropriate change management strategies for organizational leadership in health information technology systems.
• Interpret clinical terminologies, standards, and classification systems for data management, reimbursement methodologies, and compliance strategies.
• Examine data to assess performance, reporting, and evidence-based protocols.
• Assess multifunctional information system processes to improve quality of care.
• Evaluate information technologies solutions to manage resources across multi-functional stakeholders.
• Generate strategies for health information technologies to support integrated clinical and administrative decision-making, strategic planning, and outcomes management.
• Evaluate effective communication strategies to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and facilities.