Diploma/Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology (Health Information Management)

Western Sydney University

About

This course will offer students the opportunity to seek employment in health information management and/or clinical coding, recognised as workforce skills shortage areas.

Specific content areas addressed include Health Informatics, Systems Analysis and Design, Medical Terminology, Database Design and Development, Healthcare Data Environments, Clinical Classification and Coding, Programming, Web Development, Computer Networking, Health Service Management, Activity Based Funding and Data Quality and Healthcare Software and Systems.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 260 credit points which include the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

The early exit College Diploma consists of 110 credit points which includes four College Preparatory units.

Western Sydney University The College Units

Code	Name
700171	Tertiary Study Skills in Information and Communications Technology (WSTC Prep)

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700047	Programming Design (WSTC Prep)

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700146	Mathematics 2 (WSTC Prep)

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700040	Principles of Professional Communication 1 (WSTC)

Code	Name
700258	Introduction to Health Informatics (WSTC)

Code	Name
700045	Statistics for Academic Purposes (WSTC Prep)

Code	Name
700013	Systems Analysis and Design (WSTC)

Code	Name
700008	Programming Fundamentals (WSTC)

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700011	Database Design and Development (WSTC)

Code	Name
700012	Computer Networking (WSTC)

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700041	Statistical Decision Making (WSTC)

Code	Name
700257	Programming Techniques (WSTC)

Students may exit at this point and graduate with the Diploma in ICT (Health Information Management) following a passing grade in all of the above units. Students who progress onto Year Two may also be awarded the Diploma if they gain a passing grade in all of the above units.

Western Sydney University Units

For course advice during your second and subsequent years of study, please use the contact listed for the Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology (Health Information Management).

Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology (Health Information Management)

Code	Name
300582	Technologies for Web Applications

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300095	Computer Networks and Internets

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300144	Object Oriented Analysis

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300950	Fundamentals of Medical Concepts and Terminology

Code	Name
300583	Web Systems Development

Code	Name
300958	Social Web Analytics

Code	Name
300955	Healthcare Data Environments

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400277	Health Services Management

Code	Name
300570	Human-Computer Interaction

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300578	Professional Development

Code	Name
300951	Clinical Classification and Coding

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400787	Health Services Management Practice

Code	Name
300579	Professional Experience

Code	Name
300956	Healthcare Software and Systems

Code	Name
300953	Advanced Clinical Classification

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300954	Activity Based Funding/Casemix and Data Quality

Institution