The demand for health care and health services continues to grow, especially since the population of patients over the age of 65 will double by 2030. To meet that need, among others, health care occupations are expected to grow by 16 percent in the next decade.
Besides treating and caring for patients, maintaining patients’ records and health information is a vital part of health care, especially as technology continues to impact the industry. Health information management (HIM) handles health care data, including the “acquisition, analysis, and protection of digital and traditional types of information,” according to the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
1. Health Information Management: DIPLOMA
Health Information Management (HIM) professionals connect the worlds of health and data and ensure we accurately tell the health story of each patient. The importance of quality health information to make crucial decisions is ever present for health care professionals and leaders and as we now enter a new world of managing the Covid-19 pandemic we see our entire society dependent on health information to guide many aspects of our daily lives. Our HIM program will prepare you with the skills and knowledge to be at the forefront of managing critical health information.
Course Highlights:
- Data collection and coding;
- Electronic health information management;
- Information privacy, security and confidentiality;
- Interpretation and analysis of health data;
- Access to and protection of health information; and
- Record and systems management.
Course Duration: 71 weeks
2. Records And Health Information Management
This course was created for those looking to advance their career or to start a new career in the healthcare industry. This course will also refresh the essential knowledge needed to stay up to date in a fact-paced field, and to prepare to sit for the industry standard certification exam. If you ever wanted to learn more about Electronic Medical Records look no further
Course Highlights:
- Process patient admission and discharge documents
- Enter, record, store, and maintain information, such as demographics characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatments in the Electronic Medical Record
- Understand the terminology and concepts related to third-party reimbursement
- Use computer hardware and software, including applications, to enter data and process information using medical record (EMR) software
Course Duration: 1.5 hours
3. Health Information Management
Health Information Management is a growing profession, positively impacting the availability of high quality health data and information to support the effectiveness of the Canadian health system.Join the largest, most well-known and affordable HIM Program in Canada – now even more learner-centred and flexible. With 70 years of history, CHA Learning has been trusted by tens of thousands of learners.
Course Highlights:
- Biomedical Sciences (Anatomy & Physiology, Pathophysiology & Medical Terminology)
- Microsoft Excel
- Introduction to Health Information Management
- Healthcare in Canada
- Records & Data Management
- Health Law
- Coding 1, 2 and 3
- Data Analysis Introduction & Advanced
Course Duration: Self Paced
4. (Diploma) Health Information Management- South Alberta Institute of Technology
Personal health information about Canadians is being collected, recorded, reviewed, and transmitted every day. Informed decisions affecting health services can only be achieved with the best information available.
The role of health information management goes beyond managing health records to managing the information contained in those records. Using computer skills and knowledge of healthcare fundamentals, critical medical information is translated from patient health records into data following national data standards. The health information management professional then interprets the data to provide comprehensive quality information for patient care, resource allocation, statistics, research, planning and education.
Course Highlights:
- Train for a career in interpreting data in the medical field
- Learn how to provide comprehensive quality information for patient care, resource allocation, statistics, research, planning and education.
Course Duration: 2 years
5. Health Information Management: Fleming College
In this challenging two-year diploma program, students will learn to use computer technologies to capture and analyze data, for use in patient care, decision support, funding and planning. Health records are the primary source of information used by hospitals and health care facilities to code services for reimbursement purposes. This information is also needed by public health officials to indicate disease patterns and trends, and by medical researchers for analysis, comparison and decision support.
Health service careers are among the fastest growing occupations in the economy. In the healthcare field, this really is the information age. There’s a whole new growth market for the skills and training of health information management and health records professionals. An aging population and increasing health care needs, combined with the focus on accountability, efficiency and effectiveness of health care services delivery, has led to a skills shortage. You will graduate equipped with very marketable skills in the health information management sector.
Course Highlights:
- 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.
- Assess personal health information from individual client visits for accuracy, completeness & consistency using knowledge of biomedical sciences, medical diagnoses and interventions, causes of diseases, & medical terminology, abbreviations & acronyms.
- Apply current, accurate codes and standards to relevant personal health information from individual client visits using health information, coding, classification and abstracting systems proficiently.
- 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.
Course Duration: 2 years
6. Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR) Basics, Plain & Simple
Electronic Healthcare Record Systems are the foundation for significantly improved healthcare services in the future. It not only serves as a repository for all patient records but has the potential of unifying all of healthcare information from a wide variety of sources. It has the potential of improving the processes within out healthcare systems. It is also a treasure trove of information, which when mined, can potentially lead to significant discoveries on the treatment of disease.
Course Highlights:
- The fundamental functions of an Electronic Healthcare Records system
- Meaningful use and its impact on adopting EHRs
- The impact of EHRs on today’s healthcare system
- How the new “Cures” Act will help interoperability of EHRs
Course Duration: 1 hour
7. Health Information Management
Get started on your career as a Health Information professional and help fill the national shortage of skilled practitioners. If you want to work in healthcare, have a strong interest in computers, and know that direct patient care isn’t for you, becoming a Health Information professional may be the ideal career choice. This program prepares graduates to work in many different health settings, using the latest technology to contribute to quality patient care. You’ll study biomedical sciences, digital health, health analytics, privacy and health law.
Course Highlights:
- Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
- Chart Management Specialist
- Cancer Registrar
- Information Governance Analyst
- Terminology Technical Specialist
- Quality and Patient Safety Advisor
Course Duration: 2 years
8. HI-FIVE: Health Informatics for Innovation, Value & Enrichment (Clinical Perspective)
HI-FIVE (Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment) Training is a 12-hour online course designed by Columbia University in 2016, with sponsorship from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The training is role-based and uses case scenarios. Also, it has additional, optional modules on other topics of interest or relevance. Although we suggest to complete the course within a month’s timeframe, the course is self-paced and so you can start and finish the course at anytime during a month’s time period. No additional hardware or software are required for this course.
Course Highlights:
- Help you to stay current in the dynamic landscape of health care.
- This course is from a clinical perspective, geared towards physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, clinical executives and managers, medical assistants, and other clinical support roles
Course Duration: 41 hours
9. Intro to Healthcare Information Systems, Plain & Simple
Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT), as it is sometimes called, are playing a critical role in all our healthcare organizations today. They are permeating our hospitals, our clinics, our homes, our pharmacies and every aspect of our lives. If implemented correctly they have the potential of making healthcare processes more efficient and maximizing patient and user experience. If implemented incorrectly, they can wreak havoc.
Course Highlights:
- The power of Healthcare Information Systems in maximizing efficiency in healthcare, minimizing medical errors and providing a better patient experience
- The benefits and limitation of information systems in healthcare
- The different perspectives and “use cases” for healthcare professionals.
Course Duration: 1 hour
10. Healthcare Data Quality And Governance
Career prospects are bright for those qualified to work with healthcare data or as Health Information Management (HIM) professionals. Perhaps you work in data analytics but are considering a move into healthcare, or you work in healthcare but are considering a transition into a new role. In either case, Healthcare Data Quality and Governance will provide insight into how valuable data assets are protected to maintain data quality.
This serves care providers, patients, doctors, clinicians, and those who carry out the business of improving health outcomes. “Big Data” makes headlines, but that data must be managed to maintain quality. High-quality data is one of the most valuable assets gathered and used by any business. This holds greater significance in healthcare where the maintenance and governance of data quality directly impact people’s lives.
Course Highlights:
- This course will explain how data quality is improved and maintained
- Learn why data quality matters, then see how healthcare professionals monitor, manage and improve data quality
- See how human and computerized systems interact to sustain data quality through data governance
- Discover how to measure data quality with metadata, tracking data provenance, validating and verifying data, along with a communication framework commonly used in healthcare settings
Course Duration: 11 hours
11. Health Information Management- Penn Foster
Build confidence in your career with Penn Foster’s Health Information Management Certificate Program. It’s an affordable way for you to learn new skills or refresh your healthcare industry knowledge. Helps prepare you for working with electronic systems including recording data for collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and reporting.
Course Highlights:
- How to use classification software to assign clinical codes for reimbursement and data analysis.
- How to create, organize, and maintain clinical databases and registries.
- The functions of both the patient portals and personal health records, with regard to patient care.
- How to assess and address ethical issues healthcare professionals face today.
Course Duration: Self Paced
12. Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR) Basics, Plain & Simple
Electronic Healthcare Record Systems are the foundation for significantly improved healthcare services in the future. It not only serves as a repository for all patient records but has the potential of unifying all of healthcare information from a wide variety of sources. It has the potential of improving the processes within out healthcare systems. It is also a treasure trove of information, which when mined, can potentially lead to significant discoveries on the treatment of disease.
Course Highlights:
- The fundamental functions of an Electronic Healthcare Records system
- Meaningful use and its impact on adopting EHRs
- The impact of EHRs on today’s healthcare system
- How the new “Cures” Act will help interoperability of EHRs
Course Duration: 1 hour