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Programs
 
Bachelor's Master's
 
 
 
 
Bachelor of Science Degree
 
 
The Department of Health Information Management (HIM) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is one of only two schools in Louisiana offering a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Information Management. The program graduated its first class of students in 1965.

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

The curriculum prepares students for a professional career in the field of Health Information Management. In addition to academic course work, students also complete two semesters of "clinical experience" and the last semester of the curriculum includes a one-month "management internship". The "clinical experiences" are completed at area hospitals and other types of healthcare facilities. The "management internship" can be performed at a hospital anywhere in the United States.

After graduation, students are prepared to take the certification exam offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Over the past several years, the average pass rate of UL Lafayette graduates on this certification exam is excellent and well above the national average. Upon successful completion of this exam, one earns the credential of Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and may be eligible for a wide variety of employment opportunities.
 

 
Master’s Programs

Alabama

University of Alabama at Birmingham
http://graduate.ua.edu/

California

Loma Linda University
www.llu.edu/llu/sahp/mhis/

Illinois

University of Illinois at Chicago
www.uic.edu/depts/spha/

Louisiana

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
http://cobweb.louisiana.edu/

Minnesota

College of St Scholastica
www.css.edu/depts/him/him_grad.html

Ohio

The Ohio State University
www.amp.osu.edu/Grad_Programs/

Pennsylvania

Duquesne University
www.duq.edu/index.html

University of Pittsburgh
http://www.pitt.edu/~graduate/profschls.htm

Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

South Carolina

Medical University of South Carolina
www.musc.edu/hap/
 

Document last revised Tuesday, September 11, 2007 3:06 PM

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