Program Overview

Health Information Management (HIM) Program

The Health Information Management (HIM) program at the University of Illinois Chicago offers a comprehensive curriculum that prepares students for careers in health information management. The program covers a wide range of topics, including health information systems, data analysis, and healthcare finance.

Courses

• HIM 410: Introduction to the Health Care System: Overview of the U.S. Health Services System, including its organization and management, economic support system, health care workforce, and delivery system.
• HIM 432: Coding and Classification Systems: Introduction to nomenclatures and classification systems with an emphasis on the ICD-10-CM coding system.
• HIM 433: Coding and Reimbursement Systems: Advanced course focusing on coding and reimbursement systems; ICD-Procedure Coding System (ICD-PCS), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding, data quality management, revenue cycle, coding compliance and management reporting.
• HIM 450: Health Information Technology and Systems: Overview of information technology concepts applied to the practice of health information management.
• HIM 451: Health Information Management Theory and Practice: An introduction to the data elements and health information systems that comprise the patient's health record in acute and alternative settings, including records management and registries.
• HIM 452: Quality Management and Data Analysis: Examination of processes used to measure and improve the quality and effectiveness of health care, including health care research statistics and data display.
• HIM 453: Principles of Management and Human Resources: Principles of management with emphasis on business functions, procedures, personnel management, workforce development and productivity measurements as applied to health care settings.
• HIM 454: Legal Aspects, Risk Management, and Security of Health Information: Principles of law, confidentiality, and ethics, and their application to health records, including risk management and security in clinical information systems.
• HIM 455: Health Information Systems Analysis and Design: Advanced topics in information technology and systems in healthcare. Fundamentals and tools of systems analysis and design.
• HIM 481: Healthcare Financial Management: An introduction to the principles of healthcare finance. Sources of revenue and expenses, financial statement analysis, budget, and tools to analyze financial performance.
• HIM 486: Foundations of Health Information Management: Provides students new to the health informatics field with knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system and health record content and practice.
• HIM 534: Healthcare Vocabularies and Clinical Classification Systems: Presents principles of classification systems; vocabulary used in healthcare systems; their applications in use of clinical data; representation of clinical data; data retrieval needs; development, implementation, evaluation and maintenance.
• HIM 557: Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management and Compliance: Principles of healthcare reimbursement and revenue cycle, practices in healthcare revenue cycle management, processes for compliance with laws, regulations and standards related to coding and revenue cycle, introduction to healthcare corporate compliance.
• HIM 574: Health Information Research Methods and Evaluation: Collection, evaluation and interpretation of health information management data covered applying research principles and methodology to data.
• HIM 581: Executive Healthcare Financial Management: Principles of healthcare finance, sources of healthcare revenue, expenses and budgeting for health information professionals.
• HIM 593: Health Information Management Capstone: Students demonstrate a master of health information management concepts and skills, including development of real-world solutions to current challenges by completing and presenting an applied project.
• HIM 595: Health Information Management Seminar: A seminar in which students explore current issues in Health Information Management including healthcare policy analysis and development, ethical issues, healthcare delivery systems, and population health, and begin to prepare their capstone project.