Program Outcomes
B.S. Health Information Management
Updated June 16, 2025
1. Professional Competencies
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates achieve professional competencies as currently defined by their respective profession.
Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:
- Demonstrate appropriate content knowledge as required by either entry-level or post-professional practice
- Demonstrate clinical, research and/or technical skills necessary for successful performance in the chosen discipline
Program Outcomes:
- Demonstrate appropriate content knowledge as required by either entry-level or post-professional practice.
- Demonstrate clinical, research and/or technical skills necessary for successful performance in the chosen discipline.
- Domain I. Data structure, content, and information governance: Analyze strategies for the management of information.
2. Professionalism
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates exhibit professional behaviors such as cultural sensitivity, integrity, respect, compassion, and altruism, and demonstrate excellence in delivery of service and a commitment to their profession.
Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:
- Exhibit professional behaviors in all interactions
- Exhibit a commitment to their profession through professional membership or participation in professional activities, and by interrelating with other professionals
- Identify and evaluate the impact of culture and diversity on health beliefs, practices, and actions
- Apply and/or demonstrate leadership principles and strategies in organization or professional settings
Program Outcomes:
- Domain VI. Leadership- Subdomain VI.H. Ethics – 1. Comply with ethical standards of practice.
- Join the National Association – AHIMA and State association – NJHIMA.
- Domain VI. Leadership- Subdomain VI.H. Ethics – (1) Promote cultural competency and sensitivity in healthcare. (2) Analyze the culture of a dept. (3) Analyze programs and policies that support a culture of diversity.
- Subdomain VI.F. Strategic and Org. Mgmt- (1) Identify dept. and org. survey readiness for accred., licensing, and/or cert. processes. (2) Implement a dept. strategic plan. (3) Apply general principles of mgmt. in the admin. of health info. svcs. (4) Facilitate the use of enterprise-wide info. assets to support org. strategies and objectives.
3. Communication
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates effectively communicate in oral, written, and technical formats.
Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:
- Express concepts in writing using proper grammar and stylistic guidelines
- Appropriately document health information according to professional standards
- Demonstrate critical thinking by synthesizing, organizing, presenting, and/or disseminating information following established guidelines at a level appropriate for the target audience
- Adapt appropriate interactions and/or strategies in order to accommodate diverse audiences
Program Outcomes:
- Express concepts in writing using proper grammar and stylistic guidelines.
- Appropriately document health information according to professional standards.
- Demonstrate critical thinking by synthesizing, organizing, presenting, and/or disseminating information following established guidelines at a level appropriate for the target audience.
- Adapt appropriate interactions and/or strategies in order to accommodate diverse audiences.
4. Collaboration
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates collaborate with health care team members and other stakeholders to facilitate the attainment of common goals.
Objectives: Within their scope of practice, SHP graduates will be able to:
- Identify roles and responsibilities of team members in the provision of patient/client/community care
- Identify opportunities and/or participate with others to set and achieve goals
Program Outcomes:
- Domain I. Data Structure, Content, and Information Governance – Competency I.
- Compare diverse stakeholder perspectives through the delivery of healthcare services.
5. Ethics and Jurisprudence
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates identify, critically evaluate, and practice professional, ethical and legal decision-making.
Objectives: Within their scope of their profession, SHP graduates will be able to:
- Maintain and/or adhere to professional ethics and legal requirements
- Articulate ethical and legal decision making practices (process by which an ethical/legal decision was made)
- Apply ethical and legal principles to Identify breaches of professional ethics or legal requirements
Program Outcomes:
- Domain II. Information Protection: Access, Use, Disclosure, Privacy, and Security – Competency II.1. Recommend privacy strategies for health information.
6. Education
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates incorporate educational strategies into their roles.
Objectives: Within the scope of their profession, SHP graduates will be able to:
- Identify relevant educational content for a target audience
- Plan, implement and/or evaluate an educational program appropriate for a target audiences
Program Outcomes:
- Identify relevant educational content for a target audience.
- Domain VI: Leadership – subdomain VI.E – Training and Development
- Plan, implement and/or evaluate an educational program appropriate for a target audience.
7. Scholarship
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates apply methods of scientific inquiry and disseminate findings.
Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:
- Propose a problem/topic and appropriate methods to investigate it
- Use systematic search techniques to find and critically appraise research and other sources of evidence
- Summarize and disseminate findings to appropriate audiences
Program Outcomes:
- Domain III. Informatics, Analytics and Data Use – Subdomain III.E – Apply principles of research and clinical literature evaluation to improve outcomes.
8. Problem-Solving
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates identify, critically analyze, and solve a variety of challenges.
Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:
- Recognize and respond appropriately to various situations within their discipline regarding clinical, cultural, psychosocial, quality improvement and/or administrative problems
- Design and/or implement solutions using best evidence and/or practice guidelines
- Assess outcomes
Program Outcomes:
- Domain II. Information Protection: Access, Use, Disclosure, Privacy, and Security. Recommend security strategies for health information.
- Domain VI. Organizational Management & Leadership: Examine behaviors that embrace cultural diversity.
- Domain VI. Organizational Management & Leadership: Leverage data-driven performance improvement techniques for decision-making.
9. Information Management
Schoolwide Outcome:
Graduates effectively access, manage and use scientific, health care and/or patient/client information while respecting the ownership and privacy of sources.
Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:
- Identify and access sources of evidence/information to inform the decision making process for scholarship or patient care
- Analyze evidence/information for quality, economic, legal, and social implications
- Demonstrate proficiency in information privacy regulations, e.g. HIPPA and PHI
- Adapt to changing technology in their field
Program Outcomes:
- HIM Domain. Organization Management and Leadership. VI.4. Leverage data-driven performance improvement techniques for decision making.
- HIM Domain III. Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use. III.4. Examine health care findings.
- HIM Domain II. Information Protection: Access, Use, Disclosure, Privacy, and Security. II.1. Recommend privacy strategies for health information.
- HIM Domain III. Informatics, Analytics, and Data Use. III.2. Analyze technologies for health information management.
10. Safety
Schoolwide Outcome:
SHP graduates create a safe practice environment for themselves and their patients.
Objectives: Within their scope of practice, SHP graduates will be able to:
- Recognize medical, behavioral, and public health emergencies
- Demonstrate skills to create safe environments and respond to health emergencies
Program Outcomes:
- Domain V. Health Law and Compliance – Subdomain V.3. Analyze components of risk management as related to a health organization.