- The Diploma in Health Information Management is a 2-year program at Fleming College.
- Students will learn to use computer technologies to capture and analyze data, for use in patient care, decision support, funding, and planning.
- Some of the main courses students go through in this program are:
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Clinical Pathology for HIM
- Communications
- Concepts in Health Care
Concepts in health care for HIM - Health Law
- Medical Terminology
- The graduate satisfaction rate for this program is 82%.
- This program is recognized by the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA).
- Health service careers are among the fastest-growing occupations in the economy.
- After completing this program students will expertise in the following areas:
- data quality
- data collection and coding
- record /systems management
- privacy, confidentiality, and security of health information
- transitioning to the electronic health record
- The students may have job opportunities as:
- Hospitals
- Community healthcare
- Mental health agencies
- Rehabilitation services
- Private clinics, health information networks
- Insurance and pharmaceutical industries
- The Employment Rate of Fleming college is 89%.