Health Information Management and Informatics B.S./M.S. Combined Degree

Make a difference in health care by protecting important health information data

Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management / Master of Science in Health Informatics and Information Management

Protecting and managing personal and health data is more important than ever.

Now you can accelerate your college education and start your career sooner with Davenport’s health information management and informatics B.S./M.S. combined degree program.

This program pathway enables you to earn a Bachelor of Science in health information management and a Master of Science in health informatics and information management in just 10 semesters, or about five years. This means you’ll earn your master’s degree more quickly — and affordably — than ever before.

The health information management and informatics B.S./M.S. combined degree program qualifies for Davenport’s Employment Guarantee and is offered 100% online, so you can take your courses when it’s most convenient for you.

You’ll learn what it takes to acquire, analyze, manage and protect health information when you learn from Davenport’s expert faculty members, who know exactly which information management technology skills you’ll need in the health care field and have intentionally designed the curriculum around that.  

What do health information managers do? 

The health information management field allows you to make a difference in health care without having to provide direct patient care. Professionals work almost exclusively with patients’ health information data, including symptoms, diagnoses, medical histories, test results and procedures. They’re responsible for processing, transferring and securing this important data within a health care facility or network.

It’s a great time to enter the field too, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics deemed health information management a “growing much faster than average” career for 2024.  

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Through the health information management bachelor’s degree, you’ll build core skills with courses such as medical terminology, health care management, and health care law and ethics. You’ll also gain the skills needed to be a medical coder through courses on CPT HCPCS coding and ICD coding. Students have the option to pursue a stackable medical billing and coding certificate on their way to the bachelor’s degree program.

In the Davenport master’s in health informatics and information management, you’ll be further ready to take on jobs in health information management with courses on project management, risk mitigation, information governance and creative thinking from a strategic perspective.

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