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Pre-Health Informatics and Information Management
They compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements. They also process, maintain, compile, and report patient information to meet health requirements and standards.
HIM majors take basic & some required HIM courses at UT Martin, then transfer to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis or other schools to complete a bachelor's degree in Informatics and Health Information Management. There is also a Masters Degree in Health Informatics and Information Management for applicants with a Bachelors degree. Check the UTMEM wesite (see link below) for details. Many HIM pre-health students choose a business major, but others such as computer science are appropriate. Professionals in this field need a background in management, computer technology, business and legal ethics.
The US Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook projects that: Employment of Health Information specialists is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2012, due to the rapid growth of tests, treatments & procedures that are increasingly scrutinized by insurance companies, regulators, courts & consumers.
Program of Study
NOTE 1: One course in speech counts as a literature course. NOTE 2: College algebra (Mathematics 140) is prerequisite to statistics (Mathematics 210). NOTE 3: Suggested electives include accounting, business law, organizational behavior and theory, human resource management, business communications and medical terminology.
FOR MORE INFORMATION Pre-Professional Health Sciences Program
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• www.ahima.com
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