Professional Practice in Health Information Management

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Apply the stages of the health information management lifecycle as it relates to current issues and trends of the health care system;
• Evaluate strategies integral to health information management planning;
• Apply relevant legislation and principles pertaining to health information access, use, and disclosure;
• Design an organizational information model, including data, content, and documentation standards;
• Compose policies and procedures that determine the access, use and disclosure of health data in compliance with Canadian health law;
• Develop a model for the maintenance, retention, and protection of health information;
• Design a strategy for health information disposition and destruction; and
• Construct a health information management lifecycle evaluation framework including appropriate metrics to be utilized at each stage of health information management.