Information Systems and Technology, MHIM

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Master’s of Health Information Management

This transdisciplinary program provides dynamic graduate education in health IT. The MHIM programs intended for students who have recognized the outstanding potential for career advancement that an MS in health IT can deliver.

The MHIM is one of only five graduate HIM programs in the US to be accredited by CAHIIM (www.cahiim.org). The coursework in the MHIM has been designed for students from a wide range of backgrounds, including IT, management, clinical practice, and laboratory science. In addition to its coursework, the MHIM features a clinical immersion component, which will allow you to put your knowledge into practice as part of a research team or in a healthcare organization. For additional information go to http://is.cgu.edu/mhim

Program Details

11 courses, 44 units
Provides both internship and research project opportunities
Developed for both the IT and clinical professional

Six Core Courses - 24 units

HMI 350 - Introduction to Health Informatics

HMI 351 - Project Management for Healthcare

HMI 352 - Statistics for Health Informatics

IST 302 - Databases

IST 303 - Software Development

IST 304 - Communications and Networking

Four Elective Courses - 16 units

HMI 354 - Epidemiology for Health Informatics

HMI 355 - Telemedicine and Telehealth

HMI 356 - Public Health Informataics

HMI 357 - Electronic Health Records

HMI 358 - Data Mining and Data Warehouses for Health Informatics

HMI 359 - Evidence-based Healthcare

HMI 360 - Economics for Health Informatics

IST 306 - Deliverying Business Value through IS&T Leadership

IST 314 - Electronic Markets

IST 332 - Natural Language Processing

IST 333 - Knowledge Discovery

IST 335 - Cryptography

IST 338 - Advanced Software Development Topics

Clinical Immersion - 4 Units

MHI 353 - Health Imfornatics Clinical Immersion

Prerequisities:

IST 302, IST 303, IST 304, HMI 350, HMI 351, HMI 352