Health Information Management Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Overview

The importance of quality health information to make crucial decisions is ever present for health care professionals and leaders. Society is dependent on health information to guide many aspects of our daily lives. The  Health Information Management course offered at Saskatchewan Polytechnic  will prepare you with the skills and knowledge to be at the forefront of managing critical health information.HIMs professionals work in a variety of settings. They are leaders of healthcare teams and work as practitioners, coordinators or analysts within health authorities, cancer and government agencies. They work as privacy and informatics analysts, in educational settings, and in public health surveillance. This unique skill set can also open doors to roles with police forces, law, insurance and pharmaceutical firms.Specific competencies that you will develop through the programme include:

• Data collection and coding;

• Electronic health information management;

• Information privacy, security and confidentiality;

• Interpretation and analysis of health data;

• Access to and protection of health information; and

• Record and systems management.

Your career

Health Information Management graduates work as information management practitioners, coordinators and analysts in many different areas of health care including hospital admitting, quality management, research and statistics, information systems, utilization management and risk management. Look for positions with health regions, government agencies, community clinics, long-term care facilities, home care agencies and mental health or outreach programmes. Or transfer your skill set into other areas such as education, law enforcement, insurance and research.