BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
in Health Informatics and Information Management
(formerly Health Information Management)

• Overview
• Internships
• Curriculum Information and Application Forms
• HIM Scholarships (applications available in January)
• Notable Alumni
• More on Health Information Careers

Overview

Program Brochure

The Program in Health Informatics and Information Management at UCF is an upper-division, limited-access professional curriculum leading to a bachelor of science. The professional phase of the program emphasizes health information management, business organization and management, health-care finance, computer applications in health care, systems analysis, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical coding, and medicolegal aspects of health records.

The curriculum is designed to present a correlation between classroom theory and practical experience. Students gain practical experience under supervision in health-care settings throughout the state of Florida. The summer term of the senior year consists of a management affiliation for five weeks in a health-care facility. After the management affiliation, the students return to campus for completion of course requirements.

Graduates are eligible to apply to write the National Registration Examination administered by the American Health Information Management Association to qualify as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).

The curriculum of the health informatics and information management program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). Enrollment in the program is restricted due to the student demand for admission to the major, limited clinical sites and accreditation guidelines.

IMPORTANT: Please note that acceptance to the university does not constitute admission to the upper-division, limited-access health information management program. Students must file a separate application to the program prior to Feb. 1 of the year admission is sought.

The official program of study for the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics and Information Management is available online in the UCF Undergraduate Catalog.

	« Janine Vance, a senior majoring in health information management,was the college's Founders' Day student for 2009. (Click here to learn more.) She was an outstanding student, achieving an overall GPA of 3.993, and has volunteered many hours of service to local community organizations. Vance also received a $1,000 scholarship from the Florida HIM Association.
	« Janine Vance (center) and Michelle Gay were formally named Outstanding Health Information Management Students for 2009. Click here for program Director Alice Noblin's (right) announcement of these awards at the May 2009 graduation celebration. Also pictured here is alumna Judy Gizinski (left) (B.S. in Medical Records Administration, '79; M.P.H., '85).

Internships
All HIIM students gain practical experience through unpaid Professional Practice Experiences Classes and a five-week management affiliation in health-care facilities that are geared toward their career aspirations. Many UCF HIIM students are in high demand at local hospitals, and they work part time during the last two years of the program in local health-care facilities.


Curriculum Information and Application Forms
Health Informatics and Information Management Curriculum
Health Informatics and Information Management Application
Health Informatics and Information Management Reference
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