Health Information Management

Cindy Joy Marselis, MBA, MS RHIA, Interim Chair
3307 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140
215-707-4811

hlthinfo@temple.edu

http://chpsw.temple.edu/him/home

Health Information Management (HIM) is focused on the development, implementation, management and maintenance of patient health information systems in accordance with legal, regulatory and accrediting agencies' requirements for health care data collection and dissemination. HIM professionals have a special role in making sure that patient information remains confidential and maintained in a manner that ensures the patient's privacy and that health care information is secure. A career in HIM combines interests in medicine, management, information technology, electronic health record systems, and finance. HIM professionals design and management health information systems, with special attention to quality and privacy of health information, in a wide range of settings such as hospitals, managed and ambulatory care, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, consulting firms, and public health organizations.

The Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management (BSHIM) includes classes covering six main areas:

• Core HIM: Health Record Documentation, Legal Aspects of HIM, Internships, Healthcare Delivery Systems, and Professional Development
• Data Analytics: HIM IT Fundamentals, Electronic Health Record Systems, Informatics, and Database Development and Design
• Management: Leadership and Strategy, Human Resource, Operations, and Project Management
• Classification and Reimbursement: ICD-10, CPT4, Intermediate Coding, and Reimbursement
• Clinical Medicine: Pathophysiology, Medical Terminology, Clinical Procedures, and Pharmacology
• Internships: Professional Practice Internship (one full day per week for five weeks at a facility in the Delaware Valley) and Management Internship (four weeks at a facility outside of the area where you will be participating in solving a management project at that organization. Examples of internship sites include: University of Pennsylvania Health System, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, NYU Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Philadelphia Eagles.)

Certification

Students enrolled in the HIM program and in the last term of study are eligible to apply for and sit for the examination of the American Health Information Management Association for the nationally recognized certification as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).

Following satisfactory completion of all course requirements, the graduate is awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management.

Accreditation

The baccalaureate program in Health Information Management at Temple University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

Requirements

This is an upper-level program. Students are admitted in the fall of the junior year and must have 55 credits completed by the fall semester of admission to the program. Transfer students must have their transfer credits evaluated by the Admissions Office and must meet general and prerequisite requirements of the program.

1. University requirements

• All students are required to complete the university's General Education (GenEd) curriculum (Analytical Reading & Writing, Mosaic I and II, Arts, Human Behavior, Global/World Society, U.S. Society, Race & Diversity, Science & Technology, Quantitative Literacy).
• All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses at Temple as part of the major. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are listed below and are identified by "WI" in the Attribute column.

2. Program requirements

Students in the HIM program are required to satisfy the following prerequisite and professional courses. A grade of C or better is required for all prerequisite and professional courses. (A grade of C- is not acceptable.)

• Health Information Management prerequisites:
  • Mathematics 1013 or Sociology 1167.
  • Kinesiology 1223 & 1224.
  • Computer & Information Science 1055 or successfully pass a computer competency exam.
  • Health Information Management 1101 (Medical Terminology).
  • Health Information Management 2203 (U.S. Health Care System).
  • Health Information Management 2215 (Health Information Management IT Fundamentals).
• Health Information Management Professional Courses:
  • Health Information Management 3101, 3106, 3107, 3111, 3113, 3203, 3208, 3212, 3214, 3271, 3297, 4101, 4102, 4104, 4105, 4113, 4121, 4185, 4202, 4206, 4207, 4286, 4298.

3. Electives: 9 credits. Strongly recommended electives include business writing electives.

Suggested Semester-by-Semester Plan

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2013-2014 Academic Year