BS Health Informatics and Management System

Health information management (HIM) is information management applied to health and health care. It is the practice of analyzing and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care. With the widespread computerization of health records, traditional (paper-based) records are being replaced with electronic health records (EHRs). The tools of health informatics and health information technology are continually improving to bring greater efficiency to information management in the health care sector. Health informatics combines communications, information technology (IT), and health care to enhance patient care and is at the forefront of the medical technological revolution. Health informatics is a spectrum of multidisciplinary fields that includes study of the design, development, and application of computational innovations to improve health care. Health information management professionals plan information systems, develop health policy, and identify current and future information needs. In addition, they may apply the science of informatics to the collection, storage, analysis, use, and transmission of information to meet legal, professional, ethical and administrative records-keeping requirements of health care delivery. They work with clinical, epidemiological, demographic, financial, reference, and coded healthcare data. Health information administrators have been described to "play a critical role in the delivery of healthcare in the United States through their focus on the collection, maintenance and use of quality data to support the information-intensive and information-reliant healthcare system.

Core Courses

  • Principles of Nursing Informatics
  • Introduction to Digital Health
  • Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management Technology
  • Health Informatics Records & Security
  • Artificial Intelligence in Health Informatics
  • Medical Terminologies
  • Accounting Principles and Health Economy
  • Object Oriented Programing
  • Human Physiology and Histology

Eligibility Criteria

  •  Requires a minimum of 45% marks in Intermediate (Pre-Medical) or A-Level
  • They also need to pass an entrance exam

Scope

The scope of Health Informatics and Management Systems (HIMS) encompasses the integration of healthcare, information technology, and management practices to improve patient care, operational efficiency, and decision-making areas include,

  • Clinical Data Management
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Hospital Information Systems (HIS)
  • Telemedicine and eHealth

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