Overview
Health information management professionals work in a variety of different settings and have various job titles. They often serve in bridge roles, connecting clinical, operational, and administrative functions.
These professionals affect the quality of patient information and patient care at every touch point in the healthcare delivery cycle. Having skilled HIM professionals on staff ensures an organization has the right information on hand when and where it is needed while maintaining the highest standards of data integrity, confidentiality, and security.
Features
Graduates of the Health Information Management program at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute and students in their last semester are eligible to sit for the registered health information administrator (RHIA) examination of the American Health Information Management Association.
Accreditation
The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Inpatient Coding and Classification
- Outpatient Coding and Classification
- Legal Aspects of Health Information
- Management for the Health Professions
- Non-hospital Health Information Management Systems
- Systems for the Evaluation and Improvement of Health Care Systems
- Epidemiology
- Research in Health Information Management
- Health Care Management/Medical Information Systems
- Electronic Health Records
- Healthcare Reimbursement
- Health Information Services Management
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 79
Credits
124 SCH
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Health Administration Health Informatics View 35 other Bachelors in Health Informatics in United StatesAcademic requirements
GPA Required
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 79
Other requirements
General requirements
- SUNY Application or Common Application
- Official high school transcript(s)
- SAT or ACT scores (optional)
- Copy of your passport biography page
- Two to three letters of recommendation (from a teacher and/or counselor)
Tuition Fee
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International
17830 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 8915 USD per semester during 48 months. -
National
17830 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 8915 USD per semester during 48 months. -
In-State
7070 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3535 USD per semester during 48 months.
Funding
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