Healthcare Informatics Certificates

The College of St. Scholastica offers five graduate level certificates in Healthcare Informatics. These certificate tracks are designed for distance delivery and can be completed within one year. These courses may also be applied to the MS in Health Information Management degree. Completion of a graduate level certificate does not meet the eligibility requirements to sit for the RHIA exam. Students must complete our full Master's program to sit for the RHIA exam.

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Healthcare Informatics This program focuses on the application of computers to generate, validate, secure and integrate healthcare data so it can be effectively utilized to support the decision-making activities of clinical and administrative professionals. Required courses: HIM 6501, HIM 6502, HIM 6505, HIM 6507, HIM 6508, HIM 6509. Total required semester credits: 18. This certificate requires one week of onsite attendance.

Nursing Informatics This program focuses on the application of computerized information systems to the work processes and decision-making activities of nurses in patient care, education and research. Required courses: HIM 6501, HIM 6502, HIM 6505 HIM 6507, HIM 6508, HIM 6509, NSG 6500. Total required semester credits: 21. This certificate requires one week of onsite attendance.

Project Management This program focuses on the application of computer-based tools to plan, implement and monitor the performance of project teams. Required courses: HIM 6507, HIM 6529, HIM 6530. Total required semester credits: 9 This certificate does not require onsite attendance.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Strategies The program is designed to prepare practicing healthcare professionals to confidently participate in clinically oriented computer-based system implementations and effectively lead the use of such systems in their organizations. Project management, work-flow redesign and best practices in implementation are a part of the curriculum. Required courses: HIM 6502, HIM 6507, HIM 6529, HIM 6530, HIM 6531. Total required semester credits: 15. This certificate requires one week of onsite attendance.

Revenue Management & Compliance This program focuses on skills and strategies to enhance the performance of the healthcare organizations revenue cycle. Required courses: HIM 6540, HIM 6544, HIM 6545 and MGT 6355. Total required semester credits: 12. This certificate does not require onsite attendance.

"Informatics" refers to the application of computers to managing information. The growth of health care-related informatics as an academic discipline is a reflection of the rapid growth of sophisticated computer-based applications within the health care industry. "Healthcare Informatics is focused on the development of computer-based applications designed to support the entire spectrum of users of health care information," says Shirley Eichenwald, MBA, RHIA, CPHIMS.

Since 1934, The College of St. Scholastica has been a national leader in Health Information Management education. We continue to build on this tradition by offering unique programs with flexible formats designed to accommodate working adults. St. Scholastica is the only college in the nation to offer a full complement of Healthcare Informatics and Information Management (HIIM) programs and the first in the nation to receive approval of its Master of Science in Health Information Management (HIM) program from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). All programs are available in a combination of online and onsite intensive sessions.

Program Director
Amy Watters, MA, RHIA
Director, HIIM Graduate Programs
Department of Healthcare Informatics and Information Management
College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Duluth, MN 55811