Health Informatics and Information Management (HIIM) is the study of the principles and practices of acquiring, analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care. It is the link to clinicians, technology designers, and information technology, and is the value-adding bridge between leadership and management of health information in all formats (paper, scanned, or computerized forms), and is a critical component of the electronic health record (EHR) work-force.
Health Informatics and Information Management also focuses on information systems, informatics principles, and information technology as it is applied to the continuum of healthcare delivery. In summary, Health Informatics and Information Management is a combination of business, science, and information technology.
HI professionals also work on the classification of diseases and treatments to ensure they are standardized for clinical, financial, and legal uses in healthcare. HI professionals care for patients by caring for their medical data and are responsible for the quality, integrity, security, and protection of patients’ health information.
The Health Information Management accreditor of Florida A&M University is the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The University’s accreditation for Baccalaureate degree in Health Informatics and Information Management has been reaffirmed through 2029. All inquiries about the program’s 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 info@cahiim.org.
CAHIIM serves the public interest by establishing quality standards for the educational preparation of future health information management professionals. When a program is accredited by CAHIIM, it means that it has voluntarily undergone a rigorous review process and has been determined to meet or exceed the accreditation standards.
Update for the 2021-2022 academic year, the Division of Health Informatics and Information Management had a 100% graduation rate.
In the 2020-2021 academic year, the Division of Health Informatics and Information Management had an employment rate of 94% employment rate (within one year of graduation). In the 2021-2022 academic year, the Division of Health Informatics and Information Management had a 100% acceptance rate into a graduate program.
The primary mission of the Division of HIIM is to improve health care delivery by preparing graduates to apply their knowledge and critical thinking skills in the management of health informatics and information systems in the electronic age. Our mission encompasses preparing graduates to promote and manage quality clinical documentation, ensuring confidential and secure electronic exchange of health data, and conducting data analytics to improve individual and population health, research, and education. The Division of HIIM, as an exemplary health professions entity within the School of Allied Health Sciences at Florida A&M University, is a provider of the highest quality academic experience in the dynamic profession of health informatics and health information management at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Admission to the Division of Health Informatics and Information Management (HIIM) is a two-stepprocess.
The health informatics and information management curriculum is made up of two parts: the pre-professional curriculum and the professional curriculum.
Each student, upon acceptance into the HIIM program, is required to participate in supervised learning experiences known as Professional Practice Experiences in the technical and administrative aspects of health informatics and information management in the Tallahassee and surrounding area health care facilities. A student may also have additional opportunities to complete Professional Practice Experiences with other facilities located in other cities and states. The Health Informatics and Information Management student is also required to participate in a four-week management internship in a health care facility. The student's preferences of the choice of the facility are considered; however, the faculty reserves the right to select alternative internship sites which serve the best interests and needs of the student to complete the education requirements. Clearing a criminal background check is required prior to advancing to the clinical/professional practice experience component of the curriculum.
Health informatics and information management is the study of the principles and practices of acquiring, analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care.
HIIM is the link to clinicians, technology designers, and information technology, and is the value-adding bridge between patients’ health information and payors, government, and regulating agencies. HIIM practitioners demonstrate leadership and management of health information in all formats (paper, scanned, or computerized forms), and are a critical component of the electronic health record (EHR) workforce.
You may call Dr. Lon'tejuana Cooper
P: (850) 599-3818
E: Lontejuana.cooper@famu.edu