Outcomes
Upon completion of the Health Information Management program at The College of St. Scholastica, the graduate will be able to:
- Acquire advanced knowledge and skills in healthcare data, information and knowledge management.
- Evaluate, select and implement information to drive integrated clinical and administrative decision-making, strategic planning, and outcomes management.
- Take the leadership role in establishing an organizational culture that embraces the ethical use of confidential information and information technologies.
- Introduce appropriate change management strategies while leading organizations toward the use of excellent health information technology systems.
- Apply effective communication skills and strategies in interactions with multidisciplinary and multi-facility professionals.
- Assume increasingly challenging administrative positions in complex provider organizations and related entities in the healthcare arena.
- Thrive professionally in a practice environment that is undergoing fundamental change.
Onsite capstone experience
One required, on-site capstone experience in a retreat-like setting provides an invaluable opportunity to meet and interact in person with fellow students, professionals, faculty and staff.
Fee: $200.
Course sequence
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Credential Track
Students who do not hold their RHIA credential begin with our foundational courses. The number of foundational courses may vary by student, depending on your previous experience.
- Computer competence - Word, Excel, Access
- BIO 2002 | The Human Body in Health and Disease (4)
- HSC 2203 | U.S. Health Care System (4)
- HIM 2102 | Introduction to Pharmacotherapeutics (1)
- HIM 2110 | Concepts & Principles of HIM (2)
- HIM 2111 | HIM Technologies in Practice (2)
- HIM 3132 | Medicolegal Issues (4)
- HIM 4315 | Management Tools & Strategies (4)
- CIS 3108 | Systems Analysis and Design (4)
- HIM 4222 | Clinical Data Management (3)
- HIM 4520 | Directed Practice (2)
Undergraduate total 30 credits
The number of foundational courses may vary per student.
- HIM 6501 | Technology Applications in Healthcare (3)
- HIM 6502 | Development of Clinical Information Systems (3)
- HIM 6505 | Database Methods for Clinical Information Management (3)
- HIM 6509 | Medical Vocabularies and Classification Systems (3)
- HIM 6506 | Assessing Healthcare Quality (3)
- HIM 6532 | Methods of Healthcare Monitoring, Evaluating, and Research (3)
RHIA exam eligible here
- HIM 6508 | Healthcare Data Analytics (3)
- CIS 6113 | IT Management Ethics (3)
- HIM 6545 | Corporate Compliance in the Healthcare Industry (3)
- HIM 6530 | Clinical Workflow & Process Redesign (3)
- HIM 6524 | Strategic Management in Healthcare (3)
- HIM 6523 | Graduate Seminar (1)
Capstone
Students in both tracks choose a capstone option.
Plan A - Research focused, with a final applied project.
- HIM 6535 | Final Applied Project Research I
- HIM 6536 | Final Applied Project Reserach II (3)
Plan B - Choose 2 electives
- CIS 6208 | IT Project Management (3)
- HIM 6511 | Health Information Security Systems (3)
- HIM 6529 | Change Leadership (3)
- HIM 6531 | Best Practices/Implementation Strategies for the EHR (3)
- HIM 6533 | Methods of Health Information Exchange (3)
- HIF 6230 | Human Factors & Usability Assessment (3)
- HIF 6537 | System Design & Software Development (3)
Advanced Track
Students who already hold their RHIA credential should begin in the advanced track, which consists of 40 graduate credits.
- HIM 6501 | Technology Applications in Healthcare (3)
- HIM 6502 | Development of Clinical Information Systems (3)
- HIM 6505 | Database Methods for Clinical Information Management (3)
- HIM 6509 | Medical Vocabularies and Classification Systems (3)
- HIM 6506 | Assessing Healthcare Quality (3)
- HIM 6532 | Methods of Healthcare Monitoring, Evaluating, and Research (3)
- HIM 6508 | Healthcare Data Analytics (3)
- CIS 6205 | IT Ethics and Security (3)
- HIM 6545 | Corporate Compliance in the Healthcare Industry (3)
- HIM 6530 | Clinical Workflow & Process Redesign (3)
- HIM 6524 | Strategic Management in Healthcare (3)
- HIM 6523 | Graduate Seminar (1)
Capstone
Students in both tracks choose a capstone option.
Plan A - Research focused, with a final applied project.
- HIM 6535 | Final Applied Project Research I
- HIM 6536 | Final Applied Project Research II (3)
Plan B - Choose 2 electives
- CIS 6208 | Project Management (3)
- HIM 6511 | Health Information Security Systems (3)
- HIM 6529 | Change Leadership (3)
- HIM 6531 | Best Practices/Implementation Strategies for the EHR (3)
- HIM 6533 | Methods of Health Information Exchange (3)
- HIF 6230 | Human Factors & Usability Assessment (3)
- HIF 6537 | System Design & Software Development (3)
Course Descriptions
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 HIM 6506 - Assessing Healthcare Quality
Assess outcomes research activities, exert leadership in implementing clinical outcomes measurement projects/programs within healthcare organizations and systems. The course focuses on the role patient-centered outcomes information plays in assuring that healthcare systems are able to establish cost-effective clinical practices that do improve the health, functional status and well-being of healthcare consumers, and accreditation and legislative initiatives impacting healthcare outcomes activities. Prerequisites: Admission to a HIM graduate program or permission of department.
HIM 6509 - Med Vocab & Classif Systems
The representation of clinical data through the use of medical vocabularies and clinical classification systems. Emphasis is on developing expertise in identifying appropriate clinical classification systems and medical vocabularies, identifying their appropriate uses and sources, and applying them within and among health information systems to promote effective communication. Prerequisite: HIM 6501 or permission of department.
HIM 6523 - Graduate Seminar
A capstone seminar in which students present the results of their Final Applied Projects and explore current issues relative to the field of Health Information Management in a rapidly changing health care delivery system. Prerequisite: HIM 6522.
HIM 6524 - Strategic Management in Health
Explores the theory and leadership practice of strategy, strategic thinking and strategic management in healthcare for success in changing and turbulent times. Focus is on the phases of environmental assessment, business planning, implementation and evaluation. Prepares students to lead through organizational change, innovation, strategic management and execution. The course serves as a core curriculum capstone for the HIM program and requires students to synthesize and integrate lessons learned in their previous courses.
HIM 6529 - Change Leadership
Develop a systems-based way of thinking about leadership and how people function in the workplace, self-assess leadership thinking and behavior, establish goals for a higher level of leadership functioning, integrate System-based Leadership and Change Management™ with models of change management and transition and identify patterns of behavior that sabotage change in your system and internalize behavior for leading change in your organization. Prerequisites: Admission to a HIM graduate program or permission of the department.
HIM 6530 - Clinical Workflow & Process Re
This course explores how ancillary & clinical processes are designed and integrated together with the flow of information throughout a healthcare facility to bring decision-making value to healthcare professionals though quality information gathered in the most effective and efficient ways. Topics to be addressed include theory of quality and process improvement, workflow redesign, modeling techniques, use case scenario descriptions, clinical process reengineering, relationship to system infrastructure preparation and system build, outcomes measurement, and impact of change on organizational climate. Prerequisites: HIM 6502 or permission of the department.
HIM 6531 - Best Practices/Implementation
Covers components of EHR implementation as identified through best practices case studies. Examine how the EHR impacts patient care through the availability of information and clinical decision support, create and use rules and clinical protocols/tools for the EHR, and develop training methodologies. Prerequisites: HIM 6502 or permission of the department.
HIM 6545 - Corporate Compliance/HlthCare
Addresses a growing need to adequately train health care leaders in the field of health care compliance and various topics in health care compliance, including corporate compliance (fraud and abuse), privacy, risk management and identity theft. Essential elements of a corporate compliance program will be presented as well as primary federal legislation addressing fraud and abuse. Privacy of patient information will be discussed in terms of the HIPPA and HITECH regulations. Risk management concepts will be presented as well as identity theft as relates to medical identity theft. Prerequisites: Admission to a HIM graduate program or permission of the department.
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The bachelor's and master's degree programs at The College of St. Scholastica are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
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