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However, all these programs are subjected to an accreditation review by their respective organizations: The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM in the US) [1] and the Canadian College of Health Information Management (CCHIM in Canada).
The center also collaborates with TAMIU, a member of the Texas A&M University System. Through this partnership the center offers an Undergraduate Accelerated Master’s Degree, a five year program in which students pursue a Bachelor of Arts/Science and a Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics. [7] [8]
Graduate Health Care Informatics Certificate: A five-month, online certificate that helps you implement IT systems with greater efficiency in a healthcare environment.
Health information management's standards history is dated back to the introduction of the American Health Information Management Association, founded in 1928 "when the American College of Surgeons established the Association of Record Librarians of North America (ARLNA) to 'elevate the standards of clinical records in hospitals and other medical institutions.'" [3]
CAHIIM is recognized by CHEA [citation needed] as an organization that accredits associate and baccalaureate degree programs in health information management and master's degree programs in health informatics and health information management professions in the United States and Puerto Rico.
The program is designed to provide specific Health Informatics education, and is the only program in the country with a Health Informatics Lab. The program is housed in the School of Computing in Shelby Hall, a recently completed $50 million state of the art teaching facility.
The Distance Education Accrediting Commission is the primary accrediting body that recognizes online schools, but not all schools on this list are accredited by that agency. During the COVID-19 pandemic , many of the colleges and universities in the United States offered classes entirely online, particularly facilitated via Zoom .
The program is highly interdisciplinary, featuring faculty and students from a wide range of academic fields. [8] In 2012, the School of Information and the School of Public Health began offering a new join graduate program in Health Informatics. [9] As of 2019, the School of Information offers a 34-credit, Master of Applied Data Science (MADS ...