Program Outcomes
M.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:
- Analyze data management practices and recommend strategies for effective and efficient management of health information.
- Recommend privacy and security strategies for health information.
- Manage data within database systems and support system integration for greater use of health data.
- Interpret terminologies and classification systems and construct examples of data mapping.
- Analyze health information systems, implement new systems, and identify opportunities for system optimization.
- Perform data analysis and present data visually to support health care operations.
- Manage components of the revenue cycle and recommend financial management processes.
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:
- Recommend strategies that promote positive organizational change and embrace diversity.
- Leverage fundamental leadership skills.
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:
- Formulate data-driven decisions to meet strategic goals.
- Leverage fundamental leadership skills.
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:
- Recommend strategies that promote cultural diversity.
- Assess health care delivery systems across diverse stakeholder perspectives.
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:
- Develop strategies based on ethical standards of practice.
- Develop strategies for compliance with external forces.
- Develop strategies to achieve data integrity with data governance standards.
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:
- Determine workforce needs and workforce training need.
- Propose a training program for a health care work force.
- Assess consumer engagement activities.
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:
- Leverage health data to support research activities in health care.
- Propose a research initiative for organizational effectiveness.
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:
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- Recommend solutions using health informatics strategies.
- Formulate data-driven decisions to meet strategic goals.
- Recommend financial management processes.
- Develop strategies for detecting and preventing fraud.
- Evaluate the impact of policy on health care.
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:
- Develop strategies for the management of information.
- Create organizational knowledge with database management techniques.
- Assess legal processes impacting health information.
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:
- Evaluate performance improvement and risk management activities across the healthcare continuum.
- Develop strategies for compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.