50 Medical Information Technology Degree Programs

The Division of Health Information Management (HIM) is developed in accordance with the stated mission of Southern University at New Orleans and on the belief that the vital information generated regarding health care is needed by the patient, community, health care administrators, medical staff, and other designated recipients.

Health Information Technology (Health IT) covers a variety of careers that keep patients’ medical records safe and secure. It is a highly ethical profession that requires you to have technical and social skills to manage electronic health records (EHR) while adhering to the federal privacy law known as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Health IT specialists work across several different healthcare settings that include hospitals, physician offices, mental health facilities, outpatient clinics, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. Health IT specialists are also hired to work in non-medical environments such as consulting firms, government agencies, software companies, and insurance companies. Future Health IT specialists can obtain short-term and long-term certificates, or an associate degree, to learn clinical documentation, medical coding, medical terminology, caregiver workflows, coding, and elements of prospective payment systems. You also learn the legal principles behind patient rights and advocacy issues.

Welcome to the Joint Master's Programme in Health Informatics, a programme that is aimed at students who are interested in information technology and want to apply this to the medicine or health care fields. You will learn methods to make health care safer, more efficient and of higher quality through computer based information and knowledge management.

Our Medical Billing and Coding course provides students with the required information in a clear and comprehensive manner. In addition, students will be introduced to the latest code sets and guidelines and important topics such as managed care, legal and regulatory issues, coding systems, reimbursement methods, medical necessity, and common health insurance plans.

Health Informatics is the use of information systems to secure, analyze, manage and integrate medical records and other health information in order to provide quality healthcare, engage patients, and promote wellness.

Put your stamp on the healthcare field and become a crucial part of a team by earning your Associate degree in Health Information Management. During this program, you can learn about the many aspects of healthcare, including coding and billing, confidentiality, electronic medical records, human resources, privacy, and quality management.

O’Sullivan College offers you a comprehensive medical records training program in Montreal. During your studies, you will gain all the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively manage the health information required for patient care, administration, research, and education. The curriculum, which includes a unique combination of medical, computer, and business courses, leads to an exciting career in healthcare whether you wish to work in hospitals, local community service centers (CLSC), or private corporations. Upon completion of this three-year program, you will receive a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DCS) recognized by the Association des Gestionnaires de l'information de santé du Québec (AGISQ) and the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA). This recognition allows graduates to write the CHIMA exam in order to be able to work anywhere in Canada.

Many companies operate in highly regulated areas where the demand for dynamic validation engineers, effective quality management systems and regulatory compliance leaders is growing in the Medical Technology industry.

The Medical Billing and Coding Program at Peloton College provides students vital knowledge in Medical Terminology, Medical Billing and Coding, and prepares students to choose, implement, train and maintain electronic health record systems.

Health Information Administrators manage people and information. They must supervise others, think logically, understand how systems function and interact, apply business theory for effective work processes, write and speak clearly, and discreetly handle confidential information.

The program provides a high-level systematic academic training in the disciplines and contents of the field of medical informatics, both in the area of information management and in the area of computerized diagnosis and treatment. The master's degree provides the methodologies and scientific knowledge so that the graduate can perform in higher teaching and research or in managerial and executive functions related to health. The master's degree is aimed at Physicians, Engineers, Computer Scientists, Mathematicians and Statisticians, Physicists, Biomedical Engineers, Nurses, Medical Technologists, and Professionals with a Bachelor's Degree in related areas.

The Medical Billing Specialist diploma program prepares billing and coding students to obtain entry-level employment specializing in medical-related billing and coding in physicians’ offices and health insurance companies. The diploma program utilizes a current software product for managing medical practices.

Apply digital techniques and artificial intelligence in healthcare. This master’s degree is in English and focuses on the latest information technology for the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Students will acquire knowledge and learn methods from the field of IT and develop expertise in biomedical data analysis, the application of artificial intelligence, visualization technologies, the handling of big data, and related economic issues. As an example, the programme will address the question of how digitalization impacts drug development, hospital processes, and the health sector in general. An important focus of the masters is personalized medicine. Our work related to digital data will also open up further areas such as data security, control mechanisms, decision-making models, and ethical issues. The numerous internships during the programme will enable students to analyze health data as well as apply and develop software for hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry. Leading providers from the healthcare industry will be actively involved in the study programme and will address innovative topics in seminars.

The Medical Diploma of Clinical Hypnotherapy is designed for medical and allied-health professionals seeking to expand their knowledge of hypnosis and complementary medicine. It is ideal for curious and ambitious practitioners that want to become well-rounded therapists and improve clinical outcomes for their patients.

Students who earn Clarion University's 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging Sciences choose between the radiologic technology or ultrasound (sonography) concentration. Both concentrations are designed as two-plus-two programs. The programs have an academic preparation of two years (60 semester hours of science and general education) at either Venango or Clarion campus. The radiologic technology concentration continues with a two-year program of a clinical study (60 semester hours) at one of six JRCERT-accredited, hospital-based schools of radiologic technology. The ultrasound concentration continues with a two-year program of clinical study in sonography (60 semester hours) at the Great Lakes Institute of Technology. Application to an affiliated clinical site in radiologic technology or sonography typically occurs in the second semester of the sophomore year. Clarion also offers an online degree completion option. This option is restricted to individuals who are already credentialed as radiologic technologists, sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists, radiation therapists, or medical dosimetrists and who have completed a properly-accredited educational program. These individuals may conveniently complete the Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging Sciences online degree.