Bachelor of Health Information Management

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I wanted to be involved in the healthcare industry but my strengths lay more in the social science and business arenas. Health information management offered the perfect blend for my interests and skills...

Megan Hayes
Bachelor Health Science
(Health Information Management)
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I like that I have been able to utilise my core knowledge from QUT in many different roles throughout my career. The diverse nature of the course and the variety of different roles available in healthcare make it very attractive for good long term career and professional development.

Michael Strachan
Bachelor of Business
(Health Administration
major in Health Information Management)

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OP 13

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Graduates contribute to making a difference for patients and the community through the provision of health information services.
Immerse yourself in current and emerging technologies through a workplace-led, eHealth-enabled environment to develop your skills in health information technology, people management, data and information management and the principles of medicine and health care.
Bring all your knowledge and skills together in a practical setting, via the final year capstone unit.
Graduates have excellent employment prospects in this fast growing field as there is a shortage of health information managers; graduates find employment in Australia and overseas.
Applicants who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in a health science or IT-related field may be eligible for credit for prior learning.

QTAC course code	425391
QUT course code	PU51
Attendance	Part-time or Full-time
Course duration	3 years full-time 6 years part-time
Start month	2013 February
Deferment	You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
Delivery	On campus Kelvin Grove
Faculty	Faculty of Health
Course contact	Student Business Services (SBS) Admissions: Email: askqut@qut.edu.au Telephone: +61 7 3138 2000
CRICOS code	077705G
Careers	Administrator Clinical Data Manager Corporate Health Officer eHealth Project Officer Health Data and Casemix Analyst Health Information Manager Health Policy Officer Health Privacy Officer Health Services Manager Information Officer Public Health Officer Public Health Program Manager Risk Manager

QUT’s Faculty of Health is introducing a new Bachelor of Health Information Management course that reflects the Australian government’s implementation of health reforms and investment in eHealth and activity-based funding initiatives. These national reforms will significantly increase activities to support the collection, reporting, analysis and management of health information, and the development of health information infrastructure, for evidence-based decision making for healthcare and health service delivery.

Advanced standing

Applicants who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in a health science or IT-related field may be eligible for up to one year of credit for prior learning (advanced standing).

Why choose this course?

QUT has designed this specialist Health Information Management degree to provide graduates with skills and competencies in health management information systems to provide evidence for policy, funding and decision making, to support administrative and clinical work flows, to undertake human resource management and business analysis.

Qualified health information managers focus on providing information management solutions to support health care, planning, public health and medical research. Health Information Management skills are needed to help provide sustainable solutions to improve national and facility-based health information systems. Getting the right information at the right time into the hands of clinicians, health workers, health officials and policy makers facilitates informed decisions.

Course summary

Commencing in February 2013, the Bachelor of Health Information Management program embraces current and emerging technologies, to immerse students in a workplace-led, eHealth-enabled environment to develop skills in health information technology, people management, data and information management within the context, and including the principles, of medicine and health care.

A selection of units within the Bachelor of Health Information Management course are offered in block mode:

Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology
Introduction to Clinical Classification
Advanced Clinical Classification

The degree culminates in a capstone unit that will provide preparation for transition into the workplace by bringing together the knowledge acquired in a practical setting.

Career outcomes

Health Information Management graduates contribute to making a difference for patients and the community through the provision of health information services. There are excellent employment prospects in a fast growing field.

There is currently a shortage of health information managers within Australia and graduates find employment, both here and overseas, in a range of environments including: