University of Illinois at Chicago Curriculum

Earn Your Master's Degree in Health Informatics in as Few as 14 courses.

CURRICULUM - CERTIFICATE

Challenging and exciting - our comprehensive curriculum is designed to enhance leadership and change-management skills that will prepare you to take an integral role in advancing technology within the health care industry. UIC's curriculum will equip you with the analytical and managerial expertise sought after in this dynamic field.

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Health Informatics

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Select 3 of the following courses
505 Ethics & Legal Issues in Health Informatics (3 ch)
510 Health Care Information Systems (4 ch)
437 Health Care Data (3 ch)
515 Management of Health Care Comm. Sys. (4 ch)
517 Health Care Information Security (3 ch)
520 Health Info. Sys. Analysis & Design (4 ch)
525 Social & Org. Issues in Health Informatics (4 ch)

Post-Master’s Certificate in Health Informatics

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Prerequisites may be waived in some instances
386 Independent Study (1 to 5 hours)
Required courses
437 Health Care Data (3 hours)
460 Introduction to Health Informatics (1 hour)
510 Health Care Information Systems (4 hours)
515 Management of Health Care Comm. Sys. (4 hours)
520 Health Info. Sys. Analysis & Design (4 hours)
525 Social & Org. Issues in Health Informatics (4 hours)
530 Topics in Health Informatics (4 hours)

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Health Information Management

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PRE-REQUISITE COURSES–(May be waived in some instances or may be completed at another college/university)
Human Physiological Anatomy I and II (5 hours each)
Basic course in Statistics (3 hours)
Introduction to Computer Information Systems (3 hours)
Required courses
HIM 410 Introduction to the Healthcare System (3 hours)
HIM 432 Coding and Classification Systems (3 hours)
HIM 433 Coding and Reimbursement Systems (4 hours)
HIM 481 Healthcare Financial Management (2 hours)
BHIS 460 Introduction to Health Informatics (1 hour)
HIM 451 Health Information Management Theory and Practice (4 hours)
HIM 452 Quality Management and Data Analysis (4 hours)
HIM 454 Legal Aspects, Risk Management and Security of Health Information (3 hours)
HIM 455 Health Information Systems Analysis and Design (4 hours)
BHIS 580 Practicum in Health Informatics (3 hours)
ELECTIVES–(Must take one depending on academic background)
BHIS 405 Medical Sciences and Human Pathophysiology (4 hours)
HIM 453 Principles of Management and Human Resources (4 hours)
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