Health Information Management (Post-Baccalaureate Diploma)

About this programme

Please apply once you have completed and/or registered in all of the required courses for admission to the program. In the Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Health Information Management, you’ll learn to manage important information that is paramount to patient safety in a variety of health-care settings. You’ll take practical health information management courses that cover topics in health information science, business leadership, project management and information technology. During the program, you’ll put your skills to work in four practicums. You'll learn how to code, collecting and assigning codes to patient diagnoses and procedures. You'll also complete a six-week project where you are placed in various departments within the health-care sector. In your final semester, you’ll job-shadow health-care professionals and learn from them as they do their work. Once you’ve graduated, you’ll become a key member of the health-care team, providing expertise in the field of data collection, analytics, security and more. Once you graduate, you’ll be eligible to write the national certification exam for the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA). Benefits of joining CHIMA include networking with professionals, seeing the latest in research and best practices, using professional designations that will make you stand out in the job market and more. A post-baccalaureate program requires that you have a bachelor’s degree from a Canadian institution or recognized international academic institution. Pre-requisite courses are also necessary for program entry. Click