HIIM Master Program
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Master of Health Informatics and Information Management Course Descriptions and Curriculum
Course descriptions
All course descriptions can be found in the School of Health Related Professions section of the current UMMC Bulletin. Click here to access the UMMC Bulletin.
Curriculum
First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Informatics (HI) Track | Health Information Management (HIM) Track | ||
| Fall | Hours | Fall | Hours |
| HI 602 Health Care Delivery and Policy | 3 | HI 600 Health Information Management | 3 |
| HI 619 Health information and Computer Science | 3 | HI 601 Medical Concepts | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Spring | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| HI 608 Data Architecture, Analytics & Visualization | 3 | HI 608 Data Architecture, Analytics & Visualization | 3 |
| HI 631 Health Informatics | 3 | HI 630 Health Information Systems | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Summer | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| HI 604 Leadership Strategies in Health Informatics | 3 | HI 612 Management and Leadership Principles for HIM | 3 |
| HI 634 Development of Electronic Health Information Systems | 3 | HI 634 Development of Electronic Health Information Systems | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
Second Year | |||
| Health Informatics (HI) Track | Health Information Management (HIM) Track | ||
| Fall | Hours | Fall | Hours |
| HI 617 Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics | 3 | HI 618 Legal Aspects of Health Information Management | 3 |
| HI 605 Applied Health Care Statistics | 3 | HI 605 Applied Health Care Statistics | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Spring | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| HI 632 Databases & Knowledge Management | 3 | HI 632 Databases & Knowledge Management | 3 |
| HI 614 Privacy and Security for Health Informatics | 3 | HI 620 Performance Improvement Strategies | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Summer | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| HI 638 Clinical Vocabularies & Classification Systems | 3 | HI 616 Health Care Reimbursement | 3 |
| HI 698 Capstone in Health Informatics | 3 | HI 697 Capstone: Health Information Management | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Total credit hours for degree | 36 | Total credit hours for degree | 36 |
| *Total credit hours for MHIIM degree with RHIA eligibility | 41 | ||
*Graduates of the HIM track have the option to take the following electives in order to sit for the RHIA exam.
- HI 627 Clinical Documentation Improvement (1 credit hour)
- HI 628 Coding for Reimbursement (2 credit hours)
- HI 685 Professional Practice Experience (2 credit hours)