Overview

It prepares students to engage in the planning, collecting, storing, retrieving, and communicating health care data through a combination of course-work in healthcare, technology, and business, which will prepare students to become health-care administrators, analysts, and providers of modern healthcare delivery techniques.

Program Learning Outcomes

The program goals are to:

improve patient and provider access to vital health are information .
improve the health care delivery system through the education and training about management of health information systems.
provide service to the health care community and the HIM profession.
prepare students to be lifelong learners about the health care delivery and health information management systems.

Careers, Professionalism and Professional Development Bright Outlook Career for Graduates

Graduates of the Health Information Management Systems program from Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) work in hospitals, doctor’s offices, health technology companies, insurance companies and other healthcare facilities. Some of the areas within these companies with opportunities for the HIMS degree and RHIA certified students are licensure and accreditation, information systems, data analytics, revenue and reimbursement, quality improvement, compliance and general HIM functions.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Medical Terminology

Health Information Management

Healthcare Delivery Systems

Pathophysiology & Pharmacology

Classification Systems

Classifications In Health Care

Reimbursement Methodologies

Legal Aspects Of Health Care And Information Mgmt.

Leadership & Project Management

Electronic Health Records

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-12-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2025-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-03-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2025-07-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2026-01-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-09-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Health Administration Health Informatics Information Systems View 205 other Bachelors in Health Administration in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

minimum GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale is required for consideration.
personal interview with the program director
assessment of motivation to successfully complete the program.
grades of C or better in all General Education and Natural Science courses
references from individuals who can evaluate student's academic performance.
after admissions, a grade of C or better must be maintained in major courses.

Tuition Fee

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International

13384 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 13384 USD per year during 48 months.
National

13384 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 13384 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

7490 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 7490 USD per year during 48 months.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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