HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (C139)

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT is a two-year diploma program (fully accredited by the Canadian Health Information Management Association) focused on providing the skills and knowledge needed by health information practitioners. It prepares graduates to participate in the collection and organization of health information.

PROGRAM STANDARDS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

1. Keep current with relevant local, national and global health care and health information management issues, trends, technologies and standards to                support health information management systems and processes and guide professional development.
2. Assess personal health information from individual client visits for accuracy, completeness and consistency using knowledge of biomedical sciences,              medical diagnoses and interventions, causes of diseases, and medical terminology, abbreviations and acronyms.
3. Apply current, accurate codes and standards to relevant personal health information from individual client visits using health information, coding, c                  classification and abstracting systems proficiently.
4. Comply with the legal obligations, as well as with the professional, ethical and organizational standards that ensure privacy, security and confidentiality in      the access, retention, storage and disposal of personal health information.
5. Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of health information management practices, policies and processes to support client care,      organizational goals, operations, and regulatory compliance. 6. Participate in maintaining the completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness and                  integrity of health information throughout the management of its lifecycle.
7. Use knowledge of systems interoperability standards, database architecture, software versioning, classification and terminology mapping, data collection      requirements, legal obligations, and the health information management lifecycle, and apply fundamental project management principles and practices to      support the procurement and implementation of health information management systems.
8. Retrieve and release personal health information in response to legitimate requests, in accordance with statutory requirements, and within specified              deadlines.
9. Participate in the retrieval, analysis and presentation of relevant health information to stakeholders to support organizational decision-making,                        epidemiological studies and clinical research.
10.Work professionally, ethically and collaboratively with stakeholders and as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team, within a structured,                   regulated and evolving system of health care, to enhance the collection, distribution, use, security and awareness of quality health information and its            impact on client care. 11. Use current and emerging technologies to support the management, analysis and presentation of health information. 

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants are selected on the basis of their academic achievement, including the required courses, and any other selection criteria outlined below.
• Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent
• Grade 12 English (C or U)
• Grade 11 Math (M or U) or Grade 12 (C or U)
• Grade 11 Biology (C or U) or Grade 12 (U); or Grade 11 , Physics (U) or Grade 12 (C or U); or Grade 11, Chemistry (U) or Grade 12 (C or U).
• A minimum grade of 70 is required in English, Mathematics and Science (biology preferred) courses.
• Attending an information session is strongly recommended.
• A working knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook) is strongly recommended.