Health Information Management

Health Information Management is a Bachelor program taught at University of Louisiana at Lafeyette, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Health Information Management at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a Bachelor of Science degree that combines learning about health care data with management and technology. Students study how to analyze, acquire, and protect patients’ medical information to improve patient care, and coursework includes topics such as human anatomy and health data management tools, along with coding and management principles.

The curriculum combines coursework with professional practice in a range of health care settings. Students complete lab work using American Health Information Management Association VLab software, work with tools such as a master patient index, EHR systems, encoders, and electronic document management systems, and participate in a four-week management internship program that includes shadowing leadership in health care facilities. Students also earn a minor in health informatics through the program’s coursework.

Modules

• BIOL 220: Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology
• LCHI 207: Health Data Management Tools
• HIM 327: Procedural Coding in Healthcare
• HIM 411: Principles of Management and Leadership I

The minimum requirements for admission in Health Information Management at University of Louisiana at Lafeyette for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of Louisiana at Lafeyette.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Louisiana at Lafeyette as pre-requiste for admission in Health Information Management.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

To major in health information management, you must meet the University's admissions requirements.

• Maintain a grade of “C” or better in each major health information management course and a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better to enter the junior year.

Please check detail of study units at https://louisiana.edu/majors-minors/health-information-management

• HIM Systems Manager
• Clinical Documentation Specialist
• Billing Inpatient Coding Manager
• Revenue Cycle Manager
• Chief Clinical Informatics Officer
• HIM Auditor

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.