Accredited* by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) www.acbsp.org
Business
Earn your Bachelor's Degree in Business with Health Information Management Specialization in as little as 2 years + 8 months*—or even more quickly with qualifying transfer credits.
†Employment in this occupation may require years of relevant experience.
+ Choose one below:
+ Choose one below:
Yes, you can earn a health information management degree online through our Bachelor's Degree in Technical Management with a Health Information Management Specialization program. Earning your degree online can help you navigate a busy schedule and balance other commitments such as a full-time job or family care, with less interruption or adjustment.
Health information management is the practice of applying information management to a healthcare setting. The field relates to how information is shared and protected within a care facility. People working in this field may be responsible for managing the transmission and modification of a patient's medical records.
Bachelor’s degrees and bachelor’s degree specializations are not exactly the same thing. A bachelor’s degree is the primary focus of your degree, and a specialization helps you focus your studies within that degree toward a specific function.
At DeVry, for example, you might be enrolled in our Technical Management bachelor’s degree program and learn skills such as problem-solving and how to lead and manage groups of people, but adding on our specialization in Health Information Management gives you the opportunity to learn more focused, healthcare industry-specific skills such as maintaining data security within the healthcare field, understanding health policy information and how to navigate advanced classification systems that you wouldn’t learn without the specialization.
Health information management can be an excellent career choice for people who enjoy detail-oriented work and who love helping patients through the proper management of health records. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on a national level, the number of medical records and health information specialists (a common job title in the field of health information management) is expected to grow by about 9% between 2020 and 2030, which is in line with the average growth rate for all industries in the United States4.
You can earn our Bachelor's Degree in Technical Management with a Specialization in Health Information Management online in as little as 2 years and 8 months* — or even more quickly with qualifying transfer credits.
*Not including breaks. Assumes year-round, full-time enrollment.
The outcomes below were reported to CAHIIM in April 2023. CAHIIM required only summary data for graduates. A placement rate was not reported. Data was reported for all students who graduated between 7/1/2021 and 6/30/2022. In-field and out-of-field employment includes new employment obtained within a year after graduation. “New employment” is defined as employment obtained no earlier than 6 months prior to graduation. “Existing employment” is defined as employment that existed at the time of enrollment or was obtained more than 6 months prior to graduation.
Timeframes, Definitions and Calculations | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | Program | Number of Graduates | Number of Graduates Employed within One Year | Number of Graduates with New In-Field Employment | Number of Graduates with New Out-of-Field Employment | Number of Graduates with Existing In-Field Employment1 | Number of Graduates Pursuing Further Education |
IL Online | Bachelor in Technical Management – Health Information Management | 117 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
1“Number of graduates employed in field and out of field” was defined as new employment. Graduates with existing in-field employment was not counted.
Note: DeVry University is required to report employment data to CAHIIM. DeVry University does not guarantee employment. Readers should not make assumptions about their own likelihood of employment based on this data. Attempts were made to obtain employment status information for all graduates. The collected data includes, but is not limited to, the intent to work in a field-related position and, for those who are so employed, the graduate’s start date, title, employer name, duties, hours worked per week and earnings. Information was gathered through a variety of means. Generally, information was gathered from forms graduates completed. Data may also have been collected through in-person, telephone or email interviews with graduates or from third-party sources. DeVry University neither verifies nor guarantees the accuracy of information gathered.
*Conferral and Assessment Data - Available for all of DeVry and Keller's ACBSP accredited programs.
1Students enrolled at a New Jersey location may take PHYS204 or SCI200 to fulfill this requirement.
2Students enrolled at a Pennsylvania location must take HUMN451 as part of this requirement.
3Students enrolled at a New Jersey location take ENGL108 in lieu of this course.
4Job growth indicated on a national level. Local growth will vary by location. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-records-and-health-information-technicians.htm
All students enrolled in site-based programs will be required to take some coursework online and, for some programs and locations, a substantial portion of the program may be required to be completed online.