Master of Health Information Management

The health information workforce is a rapidly developing one.

The Master of Health Information Management (MHIM) is an advanced course designed to provide current and future health information management professionals with rigorous training focused on issues of contemporary professional health information management practice.Recent industry reports and consultations have highlighted the health information workforce shortages.

There is a need for appropriately qualified individuals;

professional who have the skills and knowledge to fill decision-making roles to meet the increasingly complex nature of delivering and managing health services in a data-driven environment.

This has become increasingly critical given the national move to Activity Based Funding, where hospitals must track their activity at all levels against agreed targets in order to optimise their funding.

Added to that is the push for efficiencies in the system through the use of E-health initiatives (electronic medical records, personalised electronic health records, digitalisation) which will only serve to intensify the need for this professional sector of the health workforce in the coming years.The MHIM is offered on a full fee-paying, part-time basis only (12 units over 2 to 3 years) to domestic students.

All units are delivered primarily off campus (by distance), with non-mandatory, supporting intensive seminars in Sydney (approximately 6-10 days of intensives per year).For more information about the Australian Institute of Health Service Management (AIHSM) including our people and our industry partners please visit our webpages at:

https://www.utas.edu.au/business-and-economics/disciplines-and-institutes/australian-institute-of-health-service-management

For admission to this course you need to have one of the following: a) an Australian bachelor degree or equivalent level standard in any other institution majoring in a management, information management/technology or health related discipline and relevant work experience in the health sector; OR b) an Australian post-bachelor degree (Honours, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Master, or Doctorate) or equivalent level standard in any other institution in any discipline and relevant work experience in the health sector; OR c) an Australian bachelor degree or equivalent level standard in any other institution in an unrelated discipline and a minimum of two years relevant work experience in the health sector.