Professional Practice in Health Information Management

At the end of the course, successful learners will be able to:

• Apply the stages of the health information management lifecycle as it relates to current issues and trends of the health care system;
• Evaluate strategies integral to health information management planning;
• Analyze principles pertaining to health information access, use and disclosure and apply relevant health legislation;
• Design an organizational information model, and establish data, content and documentation standards;
• Compose policies and procedures that determine the access, use and disclosure of health data in compliance with Canadian health law;
• Devise a model for the maintenance, retention and protection of health information;
• Design a strategy for health information disposition and destruction;
• Construct a health information management lifecycle evaluation framework and determine appropriate metrics to be utilized at each stage of health information management.