Program Overview

MSc Health Information Management (MSc HIM)

Overview

Health information management (HIM) is the practice of acquiring, analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care. It is a combination of business, science, and information technology.

HIM professionals are highly trained in the latest information management technology applications and understand the workflow in any healthcare provider organization from large hospital systems to the private physician practice. They are vital to the daily operations management of health information and electronic health records (EHRs). They ensure a patient's health information and records are complete, accurate, and protected.

Professional Scope

On completion of the MSc. HIM program, the graduates have job opportunities in various health care organizations (public and private), Education sector, Health insurance sector, and BPO companies in India as well as abroad. They can also pursue research-related activities. This is an emerging profession in India, and Health Information Management graduates have tremendous scope in the country as well as abroad.

Eligibility

Graduates in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.

Job Profile

• Health Information Managers/Medical Record Officers/Administrators
• Quality Managers
• Health Insurance Managers
• Faculty/Educators
• Quality Analysts in Research Centers
• Consultants
• Coding Specialist for Healthcare Providers
• Coding Specialists for Health Insurance Firms
• Third Party Administrators
• Medical Transcriptionists/Proofers/Editors/QAs etc.

Broad Curriculum

• Paramedical Subjects
• Communication Skills
• Fundamental and Advance Computer
• Health Information management Fundamentals and Recent Advances
• Medical Language
• Hospital Accounting
• Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Hospital Administration
• Health Informatics
• Quality Management
• Information Governance
• International Classification of Disease Coding
• Healthcare Financing
• Medical Transcription
• Project Management
• Full Term Six Month Project Thesis

Duration

2 years

Important Details

• The academic program is designed to meet the challenges in health information management and healthcare administration through organized training sessions in the department as well as in various associated hospitals of MAHE.
• Candidates with this degree can pursue their career as Health Information managers, Medical record officers, Health Care Administrators, Health Insurance specialist, BPO specialist, etc. Candidates can also pursue various research activities.
• The aim of the program is to enable students to achieve the personal, professional, and academic development required to become a competent Health Information Manager or Health Care manager with the ability to meet the challenges and technological progress of the healthcare system.
• Successful completion of the program will enable the student to be awarded a Master of Sciences in Health Information Management degree.