Health Information Management

• Mission Statement

  Through strong community support, engaged learning opportunities, and remarkable faculty, the HIM program provides high quality education to prepare graduates for professional positions at the HIM baccalaureate level.  

• Student Learning Outcomes
  • Post-Bachelor Certificate

    Students completing the Post-Bachelor Health Information Management Certificate will complete the following AHIMA Competencies:
    
    I.1 Compare diverse stakeholder perspectives through the delivery of health care services.
    I.2 Analyze strategies for the management of information.
    I.3 Evaluate policies and strategies to achieve data integrity.
    I.4 Recommend compliance of health record content across the health system.
    I.5 Utilize classification systems, clinical vocabularies, and nomenclatures.
    I.6 Evaluate data dictionaries & data sets for compliance with government standards.
    II.1 Recommend privacy strategies for health information.
    II.2 Recommend security strategies for health information.
    II.3 Analyze compliance requirements throughout the health information life cycle.
    III.1 Examine health informatics concepts for the management of health information.
    III.2 Analyze technologies for health information management.
    III.3 Interpret statistics for health services.
    III.4 Examine health care findings with data visualizations.
    III.5 Compare research methodologies pertaining to health care.
    III.6 Manage data within a database management system.
    III.7 Identify standards for exchange of health information.
    IV.1 Evaluate assignment of diagnostic and procedural codes and groupings in accordance with official guidelines.
    IV.2 Manage components of the revenue cycle.
    IV.3 Evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements and reimbursement methodologies.
    V.1 Comply with legal processes impacting health information.
    V.2 Evaluate compliance external forces.
    V.3 Analyze components of risk management as related to a health organization.
    V.4 Analyze the impact of policy on health.
    VI.1 Facilitate fundamental leadership skills.
    VI.2 Assess the impact of organizational change.
    VI.3 Analyze human resource strategies for organizational best practices.
    VI.4 Leverage data-driven performance improvement techniques for decision making.
    VI.5 Verify financial management processes.
    VI.6 Examine behaviors that embrace cultural diversity.
    VI.7 Assess ethical standards of practice.
    VI.8 Facilitate consumer engagement activities.
    VI.9 Facilitate training needs for a healthcare organization.
    VI.10 Compare project management methodologies to meet intended outcomes.

  • Associate Degree (Not Applicable)

     

  • Bachelor Degree

    The following are the AHIMA Competencies for the Health Information Management, BS degree and/or Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program:

    I.1 Compare diverse stakeholder perspectives through the delivery of health care services.
    I.2 Analyze strategies for the management of information.
    I.3 Evaluate policies and strategies to achieve data integrity.
    I.4 Recommend compliance of health record content across the health system.
    I.5 Utilize classification systems, clinical vocabularies, and nomenclatures.
    I.6 Evaluate data dictionaries & data sets for compliance with government standards.
    II.1 Recommend privacy strategies for health information.
    II.2 Recommend security strategies for health information.
    II.3 Analyze compliance requirements throughout the health information life cycle.
    III.1 Examine health informatics concepts for the management of health information.
    III.2 Analyze technologies for health information management.
    III.3 Interpret statistics for health services.
    III.4 Examine health care findings with data visualizations.
    III.5 Compare research methodologies pertaining to health care.
    III.6 Manage data within a database management system.
    III.7 Identify standards for exchange of health information.
    IV.1 Evaluate assignment of diagnostic and procedural codes and groupings in accordance with official guidelines.
    IV.2 Manage components of the revenue cycle.
    IV.3 Evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements and reimbursement methodologies.
    V.1 Comply with legal processes impacting health information.
    V.2 Evaluate compliance external forces.
    V.3 Analyze components of risk management as related to a health organization.
    V.4 Analyze the impact of policy on health.
    VI.1 Facilitate fundamental leadership skills.
    VI.2 Assess the impact of organizational change.
    VI.3 Analyze human resource strategies for organizational best practices.
    VI.4 Leverage data-driven performance improvement techniques for decision making.
    VI.5 Verify financial management processes.
    VI.6 Examine behaviors that embrace cultural diversity.
    VI.7 Assess ethical standards of practice.
    VI.8 Facilitate consumer engagement activities.
    VI.9 Facilitate training needs for a healthcare organization.
    VI.10 Compare project management methodologies to meet intended outcomes.
     

   

• Curriculum Grid

• Program and Contact Information

  Health Information Management Practice Definition:

  Health information management improves the quality of healthcare by insuring that the best information is available to make any healthcare decision. Health information management professionals manage healthcare data and information resources. The profession encompasses services in planning, collecting, aggregating, analyzing, and disseminating individual patient and aggregate clinical data. It serves the healthcare industry including: patient care organizations, payers, research and policy agencies, and other healthcare-related industries.

   

  Health Information Management is a program offered in the Health Administrative Services Department:

  • The Utah State Board of Regents approved the development of a Health Information Management (HIM) program for the College of Health Professions in 1993 based upon evidence of a demonstrated need and strong support for the program by the Utah Hospital Association and the Utah Health Information Management Association.
  • Successful completion of the Health Information Management program leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Information Management.  The HIM program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education, allowing graduates to sit for the national registration exam.  Students passing this national examination may use the professional designation of Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).

   

   

  Contact Information:

  Heather Merkley

  hmerkley@weber.edu

  3959 Stadium Way, Dept 3911

  Ogden, UT 84408-3911

  801-626-7074 

   

  Health Administrative Services Website
• Assessment Plan

  Academic Year	Outcomes	Course	Evaluation Methods	Assessment Report
  23/24	A. Eighty percent of all HIM students will complete a mock RHIM exam with a score 73% score or higher.	HIM 2862/HAS 4860	Annual review of the RHIM mock exam will be conducted to analyze student performance in each knowledge area in comparison with overall performance.	Annual Progress Assessment Report (APAR) due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body Beginning Fall ’23, A different RHIA mock exam was given in HAS 4860
  	B. Eighty percent or more of the subject areas of the graduate survey will show that instruction was satisfactory.	HIM 2862	Detailed graduate surveys are conducted annually and the results are analyzed and shared with the HIM Advisory committee.	Annual Progress Assessment Report due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body
  	C. An employer survey will be conducted annually to examine the entry-level satisfaction of HIM graduate’s competencies.  It evaluates HIM graduates working level, overall satisfaction, and provides an opportunity for community members to suggest HIM areas of concern or additions to the curriculum.	HIM 2862/HAS 4860	Employer and practicum preceptor surveys are conducted annually by the HIM program director. The results are shared with HIM/HIM faculty and HIM Advisory committee.	Annual Progress Assessment Report due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body
  24/25	Implement Changes from Outcomes A – C Implement new AHIMA Curriculum Competencies	All Courses	Outcomes A-C will be assessed as previously describe methods. Findings will be reviewed with HIM Advisory Committee. New Curriculum Competencies will be established Fall 2025. Student Achievement Assessments will be completed on each competency based on “80% of students will complete with a 73% grade or better” for each competency.	Annual Progress Assessment Report due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body
  25/26	Evaluation of Outcomes A-C Evaluation of  HIM Curriculum Competencies	All Courses	Outcomes A-C will be assessed as previously described methods. Findings will be reviewed with HIM Advisory Committee. Curriculum Competencies. Student Achievement Assessments will be completed on each competency based on “80% of students will complete with a 73% grade or better” for each competency.	Annual Progress Assessment Report due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body Biennial Report
  26/27	Evaluation of Outcomes A-C Evaluation of  HIM Curriculum Competencies	All Courses	Outcomes A-C will be assessed as previously described methods. Findings will be reviewed with HIM Advisory Committee. Curriculum Competencies. Student Achievement Assessments will be completed on each competency based on “80% of students will complete with a 73% grade or better” for each competency.	Annual Progress Assessment Report due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body Biennial Report
  27/28	Evaluation of Outcomes A-C Evaluation of  HIM Curriculum Competencies	All Courses	Outcomes A-C will be assessed as previously described methods. Findings will be reviewed for suggestions and improvement with HIM Advisory Committee. Curriculum Competencies. Student Achievement Assessments will be completed on each competency based on “80% of students will complete with a 73% grade or better” for each competency.	Annual Progress Assessment Report due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body HIM Program will have an annual recertification assessment. Findings from this report will be evaluated by CAHIIM for continued recertification.
  28/29	Evaluation of Outcomes A-C Evaluation of  HIM Curriculum Competencies  CAHIIM Standards will be evaluated in the Recertification Evaluation due 28/29 AY	All Courses	Outcomes A-C will be assessed as previously described methods. Findings will be reviewed for suggestions and improvement with HIM Advisory Committee. Curriculum Competencies. Student Achievement Assessments will be completed on each competency based on “80% of students will complete with a 73% grade or better” for each competency.	Annual Progress Assessment Report due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body HIM Program will have an annual recertification assessment. Findings from this report will be evaluated by CAHIIM for continued recertification.
  29/30	Evaluation of Outcomes A-C Evaluation of  HIM Curriculum Competencies  CAHIIM Recertification Evaluation, Standards, and curriculum competencies will be implemented.	All Courses	Outcomes A-C will be assessed as previously described methods. Findings will be reviewed for suggestions and improvement with HIM Advisory Committee. Curriculum Competencies. Student Achievement Assessments will be completed on each competency based on “80% of students will complete with a 73% grade or better” for each competency.	Annual Progress Assessment Report due to CAHIIM Accrediting Body

  
   

   

• Assessment Report Submissions
  2023-24
  2021-22
  2019-20
  2017
  2016
  2015

• Program Review

  2020-21
   

This information is part of the cyclical program review process. Details such as mission statements, learning outcomes, etc., are updated as part of the biennial assessment reporting process, an integral component of program review.