Requirements for Minor in Health Information Management
Introduction
The minor will take a minimum of 3 semesters to complete (including HIM 410). All courses are taught asynchronously online in an eight-week format. Courses must be taken in sequence provided by the HIM program advisor.
Prereq
| Required Credits | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-requisite | ||
| HIM 410 | Introduction to the Health Care System | 3 |
| Required | ||
| HIM 317 | Principles of Health Information Management | 4 |
Selective Credits- area of interest (examples only)
| Selective Credits- area of interest (examples only) | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Information Governance | ||
| HIM 319 | Alternative Health Records | 4 |
| HIM 329 | Legal Aspects of HIM | 3 |
| BHIS 406 | Medical Terminology | 2 |
| Legal/Quality | ||
| HIM 329 | Legal Aspects of HIM | 3 |
| HIM 343 | Quality Evaluation and Management* spring only | 3 |
| Other course from the list | 3 | |
| Coding and Classification Systems | ||
| BHIS 406 | Medical Terminology | 2 |
| BHIS 405 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| HIM 432 | Coding and Classification Systems | 3 |
| Other course from the list | 3 | |
| Analysis and Research* fall only | ||
| BHIS 460 | Introduction to Health Informatics | 1 |
| HIM 337 | Analysis of Health Care Data* | 4 |
| HIM 374 | Health Information Research* | 4 |
| Information Systems, Structures & Management | ||
| BHIS 460 | Introduction to Health Informatics | 1 |
| BHIS 461 | Information Systems for Health Information Management | 2 |
| BHIS 480 | Management & Bus. Practices | 3 |
| BHIS 410 | Health Data Structures and Management | 3 |
| Healthcare Management | ||
| BHIS 480 | Management & Bus. Practices | 3 |
| HIM 361 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| HIM 481 | Healthcare Financial Management | 3 |
| Other course from the list | 3 | |
| **Students can take more than 9 selective credits. |