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Move beyond clinical practice or choose a new career path. This respected master’s program prepares healthcare and non-healthcare professionals for in-demand leadership roles in a high-growth sector.
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Program Overview
Discover what the online Master of Health Information Management program can do for you
Learn how to leverage technology to create efficiencies in healthcare delivery and position yourself as a strategic leader in a rapidly growing field. Earn your affordable Master of Health Information Management 100% online and become qualified for senior-level positions in a wide range of on-site and remote healthcare settings.
Develop highly valued skills in areas such as data analytics, informatics, and health information technology and increase your business acumen in finance and compliance. This nationally recognized MHIM prepares you for in-demand roles including director of information and data analytics, information governance officer, and health information manager. Clinical experience is not required. Complete the program online quickly and be prepared to sit for the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) exam.
As a student in this health information management master’s online program, you will learn how to:
- Capture, share, and manage patient electronic health information
- Focus on records management, protection, and security
- Use healthcare enterprise planning techniques and various models for managing revenue cycles
- Evaluate and create health information data management systems and policies compliance programs
As a student in this health information management master’s online program, you will learn how to:
- Capture, share, and manage patient electronic health information
- Focus on records management, protection, and security
- Use healthcare enterprise planning techniques and various models for managing revenue cycles
- Evaluate and create health information data management systems and policies compliance programs
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Total Tuition$17,964*
DurationAs few as 16 months
Credit Hours36
Accreditation
The health information management accreditor of Texas State University is the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The university's accreditation for the Master of Health Information Management (MHIM) degree has been affirmed through October 2028. All inquiries about program accreditation status should be directed by mail to CAHIIM, 200 East Randolph Street, Suite 5100, Chicago, IL, 60601; by phone at 312.235.3255; or by email at [emailprotected].
Tuition
Our affordable tuition is easy on your budget
Tuition for the MHIM online degree program is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.
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Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
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MHIM | $499 | $1,497 | $17,964* |
*Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. For more information, please visit https://onestop.txst.edu/cost-payments/cost-attendance.html.
Tuition breakdown
Total Tuition$17,964*
Per Credit Hour$499
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The Texas State MHIM is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.
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Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
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Fall 1 2024 | 8/26/24 | 8/12/24 | 8/19/24 | 8/26/24 | 8/26/24 | 10/14/24 | 8 weeks |
Spring 1 2025 | 1/13/25 | 12/30/24 | 1/6/25 | 1/13/25 | 1/13/25 | 3/3/25 | 8 weeks |
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Admissions
What you need for admission to the online health information management master’s program
Apply to the online MHIM program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.
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To be eligible to earn your Master of Health Information Management online from Texas State University, you must have the following:
- Completed online application
- Nonrefundable application fee of $55
- Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
- Minimum 2.75 GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses)
- Completed background courses in: statistics, introduction to microcomputer applications, pathophysiology and pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, and medical terminology
- GRE not required
- Resume/CV
- Statement of purpose indicating the student’s ability and interest in completing the degree program
- Three letters of recommendation from professionals or academics competent to assess the student’s interest in pursuing a career or advancing in the field of study
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Graduate Admissions
429 N. Guadalupe St.
San Marcos, TX 78666-46844
Admission Requirements
- Minimum 2.75 GPA
- No GMAT/GRE required
- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university
Courses
Preview your online health information management master’s courses
To graduate from the MHIM online degree program, you must complete 36 credit hours, including 27 credit hours of core courses and nine credit hours of electives.
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Foundation Course
Please note that this leveling course is part of the HIM core but excluded from the Graduate GPA.
HIM 5302: Clinical Foundations of Health Information Management
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides clinical foundations for graduate students studying Health Information Management. Course content varies based on academic preparation and may include topics such as pathophysiology and pharmacology, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, computing and statistics in a modular format. This course does not earn graduate degree credit.
HIM Core Courses
To graduate from the MHIM online degree program, you must complete 36 credit hours, including 27 credit hours of core courses and nine credit hours of electives.
HIM 5363: Health Data Content Structure and Standards
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an in-depth study of the components and use of health records. Interoperability and healthcare informatics standards for collecting, maintaining and transferring healthcare data will be examined. The role of the HIM professional in developing an effective information governance program will be analyzed.
HIM 5390: Contemporary Leadership Principles for HIM
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores the expanded role of the Health Information Management professional in the healthcare environment. Topics include public policy development, executive decision making, strategic business alliances, change management, enterprise wide strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, training and development, information governance, cultural diversity and ethics.
HIM 5351: Data Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a detailed assessment of how state laws and federal regulations influence the development and management of policies and technology to protect date security, privacy, and confidentiality of protected health information.
HIM 5311: Health Informatics and Data Visualization
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of health informatics, data analytics, data visualization, and decision support. Emphasis will be on quality-driven data-based decision making systems for business intelligence, clinical decision support, and consumer informatics.
HIM 5370: Healthcare Finance and Revenue Cycle Management
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will focus on healthcare financial and revenue cycle/reimbursem*nt management issues that impact the practice of Health Information Management. Specific topics covered include financial management, coding compliance, case mix index, revenue cycle, and reimbursem*nt methods.
HIM 5320: Research Methods for HIM
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to research study design, methods, descriptive and inferential statistics need to conduct research studies in the Health Information Management domains. The foundation for compiling, analyzing, and displaying healthcare statistics needed to report and monitor healthcare statistics in the workplace will also be covered.
HIM 5380: Quality Improvement in Health Care
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an in-depth study on quality improvement methodology to include data retrieval, display, outcomes analysis and the aspect of risk management for various sectors of healthcare. Mechanisms for promoting facility-wide participation in achieving optimum patient care as delineated in accreditation and government standards will be analyzed.
HIM 5342: Information Systems and Technology
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of health information technologies and information management strategic planning. A major focus will be design and selection of data-driven systems that offer strategic advantages, facilitate compliance and provide a return on investment.
HIM Electives
The list of electives provided is not exhaustive and is subject to change. New courses may be added as additional programs launch or as student demand increases. Students are advised to work with an academic advisor to select and schedule their elective courses according to their degree plan and availability.
Choose 3 courses from the following:
HIM 5340: Healthcare Informatics
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an overview and introduction to healthcare informatics. Topics in the course will include the information infrastructure, data needs, implementing healthcare information systems, decision making, privacy and security, consumer informatics and emerging technologies.
HIM 5341: Healthcare Terminologies and Vocabularies
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide an overview of healthcare terminologies, code sets and classification schemes, and associated standards. Mapping and the relationship of Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) to an administrative classification system such as International Classification of Diseases (ICD) will be explored. The purpose and differences encountered in mapping a terminology to a classification will be examined.
HIM 5343: Advanced Data Analytics in Healthcare
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces advanced concepts of healthcare data analytics. Students will explore, visualize, and analyze healthcare data sets. Topics include data manipulations, data transformations, developing data queries, visualizing data, and exploring data relationships with predictive modeling.
HIM 5344: Healthcare Database Management Systems
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces methods for healthcare database management. The focus is on the physical data modeling for healthcare decision making. Topics include database creation, populating databases, data query optimization, enforcing database integrity, designing database security systems, and exploring data relationships with database reporting.
HIM 5397: HIM Directed Practicum
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a one term, part-time practicum experience in a healthcare or related organization. Included is an orientation to the organization and completion of a project suitable for implementation at the site.
HIM 5352: Introduction to Healthcare Information Security
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students are introduced to the concepts, principles, and applications of healthcare information security including privacy, security, and infrastructure necessary to protect health information. Topics will include confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, fraud, eavesdropping, traffic analysis, intrusion detection and prevention, hacking, viruses, cryptography, and risk management.
HIM 5353: Risk Analysis of Healthcare Systems
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
By examining computer systems, network, and security tools designed to discover vulnerabilities, students gain an understanding of how to protect electronic health record systems. In this course, students learn the techniques and methods required to perform computer and network security risk analyses in a healthcare environment. Security best practices and audit requirements for specific environments will be studied. Topics to be covered include internal and external penetration tests, wireless security technology, risk analysis methodology, and security audits.
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