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Health
Information Administration |
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Program
Description: |
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The field of
Health Information Administration combines the disciplines of
medicine, management, finance, information technology, and law.
Students in this program are prepared with the technical skills,
as well as the administrative knowledge and skills for a
professional area of health information management or medical
records in a variety of health care facilities and agencies.
Graduates are qualified to serve as entry level health information
administrators, who are responsible for the management of health
information systems consistent with medical, administrative,
ethical and legal requirements of the health care delivery system.
Graduates of the HIA program are eligible to write American Health
Information Management Association's certification examination to
become a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).
The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for
Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). |
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Contact: |
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Dorine Bennett, Phone:
(605) 256-5137, Office: East Hall Room 3 |
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The link below will take you to the DSU 2005-2006 course catalog: |
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Required Courses:
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Course Descriptions:
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The Health Information
Administration Major requires courses from these departments. Not
all courses described here are required, check the required
courses links above to see which courses you will need.
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