Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management

Program News

Noblin Appointed to Leadership Position in FHIMA
Program Director Alice Noblin has been appointed chair of the Arrangements Committee of the Florida Health Information Management Association (FHIMA) for one year. Click here to learn more.

College Hosts Taiwanese Health Information Management Student
Iva Chen, a health information management student at Kaoshiung Medical University in Taiwan, visited the College of Health and Public Affairs during July and August 2007. Her visit is hosted by Alice Noblin, director of the HIM program, and Thomas Wan, director of the Doctoral Program in Public Affairs. Click here to learn more about her visit.


Congratulations!
Amanda Zak (B.S., Health Information Management, '07) was selected the most outstanding HIM student in the state for 2007 by the Florida Health Information Management Association. The award was presented at the association's annual meeting, held in Orlando, in June. Zak begins the Master of Science in Health Services Administration program at UCF this fall. She hopes to begin her professional career working for a government hospital.

Academic Learning Compact

The health information management program 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 healthcare, 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. The practical instruction is gained through supervised professional practice experiences in a health-care setting that will occur in health-care facilities 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 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 make separate application to the program prior to Feb. 1 of the admission is sought.

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

All HIM 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 of our students are in high demand with local hospitals, and they work part time during the last two years of the program in local health care facilities.

Curriculum Information and Applications

Health Information Management Curriculum
Health Information Management Application
Health Information Management Reference
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