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
  • Certificate

    Students completing the Health Information Management Certificate will be able to demonstrate introductory to intermediate level competancies of the outcomes listed in the curriculum grid section below. 

  • Associate Degree (Not Applicable)

     

  • Bachelor Degree

    Health Information Management, BS degree and/or Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program:

    • One-hundred percent (100%) of students rated the quality of the HIM program, as related to their preparation, as an HIM professional as good to excellent.
    • One-hundred percent (100%) employer respondents rate our graduates' level of competency as adequate to excellent concerning the entry-level student performance on the HIM competencies.

     

    Students completing the Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management will be able to demonstrate the learning outcomes listed in the curriculum grid section below.

   

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• 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

  All accredited HIM programs transitioned to new CAHIIM approved competencies Fall 2021. In preparation for this change, the WSU HIM program implemented the new competencies and mapped to the WSU HIM Curriculum Fall 2020. The HIM competencies are course-based and are reported to the CAHIIM accrediting body annually through the Annual Program Assessment Report (APAR). Competencies are also evaluated by the HIM Advisory board to meet current HIM Advisory board for review of assessment.
   

  Goals	Outcomes	Evaluation Methods
  HIM graduates will demonstrate HIM entry-level competencies.	A. Eighty percent of all HIM students will complete a mock RHIA exam with a score of 73% or higher.	Annual review of the RHIA mock exam will be conducted to analyze student performance in each knowledge area in comparison with overall performance.
  	B. Eighty percent or more of the subject areas of the graduate survey will show that instruction was satisfactory.	Detailed graduate surveys are conducted annually and the results are analyzed and shared with the HIM Advisory committee.
  	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.	Employer and practicum preceptor surveys are conducted annually by the HIM program director. The results are shared with HIM faculty and HIM Advisory committee.
  HIM students will demonstrate effective management and leadership skills during internship.	Students will receive an effective rating (3 or higher) on all criteria of the preceptor evaluation of the HIM internship.	Preceptor evaluations are collected by faculty at the conclusion of the HIM internship. Results will be monitored and reviewed by the Program director and HIM faculty to address concerns.
  The HIM curriculum will include, at minimum, the required AHIMA entry-level competencies taught at appropriate Bloom's taxonomy level.	A. Annually the HIM faculty will conduct an analysis of the HIM curriculum to ensure that all entry-level competencies are being covered throughout the program.	The program director will schedule a meeting with HIM faculty annually Fall semester. The curriculum data (assignments and learning activities) are assessed for coverage of the AHIMA Bachelor Degree Entry Level curricular competencies at appropriate Bloom's taxonomy level.

   

• Assessment Report Submissions
  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.