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Undergraduate LAT-HIM-DEG-2024
Bachelor of Health Information Management
Make a vital, behind-the-scenes contribution to healthcare
Combine health, business, and IT skills to unlock careers in the healthcare industry. You’ll learn how to create, use, and protect digital and traditional information about patients’ health. Explore the role of data in healthcare planning and research.
Available loans
Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Study method
100% online study with practicum placement
Price
From
$22,770
Total subjects
24
Assessments
100% online
CSP Available
Yes
Credit available
Yes
Applications Close
- 18 Feb 24
- 14 Jul 24
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Degree structure
Core subjects
Major subjects
Elective subjects
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Degree details
What you'll learn
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply coherent and theoretical knowledge and skills with depth in health information management and its sub-domain of health classification to real-world discipline-related scenarios across the whole of health.
- Exhibit well-developed cognitive, technical, analytical and evaluative skills in specialist health informatics technology applications, with the capacity for generating solutions to complex problems.
- Identify, analyse, interpret, and communicate health data and information using a variety of forms and media.
- Work effectively independently or as part of a team, in a variety of multidisciplinary professional and social contexts.
- Resolve ethical dilemmas appropriately in accordance with professional values and ethics as they pertain to the discipline of health information management and its subdomains.
Career opportunities
When you graduate, you’ll be well-placed to find employment in a range of healthcare industries, including hospitals, community health centres and specialist disease registries.
Possible roles include:
- Health information manager
- Manage and secure patient records while meeting the medical, legal, ethical, and administrative requirements of healthcare delivery.
- Clinical coder
- Record healthcare data by translating descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into codes.
- Healthcare data analyst
- Acquire, analyse, and translate healthcare data, and provide actionable insights to physicians, clinical researchers, and decision-makers.
- Medical research officer
- Lead research projects, analyse and interpret data, and liaise with clinical collaborators.
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Health Information Management is accredited by the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA). Professional membership may require an application to the professional body and may have additional or ongoing requirements beyond completion of the degree. Please contact the relevant professional body for details.
Entry requirements
Higher education via OUA
Successful completion of the following four Open Access Pathway subjects with minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 70%:
- HBS1HBA Human Biosciences A
- STM1001 Making Sense of Data
- HIM1HAU Healthcare in Australia
- HIM1UDH Understanding Digital Health
Secondary education
Demonstrate proficiency equivalent to Year 12 prerequisites.
Work and Life
Satisfy the academic requirements by completing the STAT multiple choice if you:
- are not currently studying an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent)
- have no prior secondary school (Year 12), VET studies, HE studies or relevant work experience that can be considered for entry, or
- do not meet the minimum academic requirements for the program.
Refer to the La Trobe University STAT page for further information.
Practicum placement
Students are required to undertake 55 days of supervised professional placement.
Credit for previous study or work
La Trobe University will consider applications for advanced standing, or credit for prior study. Credit may be applied to a current degree if you have undertaken previous tertiary study and completed and passed subjects similar in content and standard to those offered at La Trobe, from either another recognised tertiary institution or a different La Trobe course.
Note: Applications for credit will not be considered until you have successfully been admitted to a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) in a La Trobe course offered through OUA.
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Description
La Trobe’s Bachelor of Health Information Management combines the clinical and business sides of healthcare to prepare you for a career as a health information expert. You’ll develop a comprehensive skillset covering areas like clinical classification, data analytics, health informatics and health systems management.
Build the foundation of your skills in health information management in your first year of study. Then deepen your technical and professional expertise throughout the rest of your degree, including 55 days of supervised professional placement.
With the perfect blend of expertise and experience, you’ll graduate ready to work in all areas of healthcare – from hospitals and community health centres to specialist disease registries.
You'll learn:
- Anatomy and physiology
- Understand the fundamental internal and external structures of the body and how they function. Learn the language of medicine.
- Health informatics and data analysis
- Discover how to apply Health Information Technology (HIT) into a healthcare setting to aid the delivery of care. Build the skills to analyse health data and disseminate health information insights at local, state, national and international levels.
- Health classification and clinical coding
- Learn how to encode patient record information using a health classification system. Understand the international and local standards for recording and communicating health data.
- Management of electronic health information systems
- Gain the skills to manage electronic health information systems, such as understanding security, access and integration requirements.
- Health information ethics and law
- Investigate the ethical challenges and legal requirements of working with health data, including ways to ensure patients can control their health information.
Degree structure details
Recommended Study Pattern
Students who wish to enrol in a part time load are recommended to enrol in one subject per term. Please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook to review the full structure.
Students who are studying and want to take a break (minimum one study period) must submit a leave of absence covering the relevant dates.
Students who have been accepted in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) are required to complete the following 2 modules in their first term as a CSP student:
LTU0AIM Academic Integrity Module
ABS0WOM Wominjeka La Trobe: Indigenous Cultural Literacy for Higher Education
Award Requirements
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Information Technology, students must complete 24 subjects (360 credit points) as follows:
- 24 core subjects
Students who have been accepted in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) are required to complete the following 2 modules in their first term as a CSP student:
LTU0AIM Academic Integrity Module
ABS0WOM Wominjeka La Trobe: Indigenous Cultural Literacy for Higher Education
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