What is Health Information Management?

Health Information Management is a challenging profession involving the application of clinical knowledge, information technology, data base management and administration. Health records are a base for health care planning and management decisions, legal and administrative purposes, research, identifying trends for the treatment of disease and for evaluating the standards and quality of patient care.

What does a Health Information Manager do?

The Health Information Manager is a specialist within the health care team who is responsible for the safekeeping of patient information and ensures that information is properly documented, stored and available.

About our Health Information Management Program

The management of information is critical to ensuring quality care throughout the health system. Health records provide a database for many purposes including health care planning and management, legal and administrative reference, research, trend analysis for the treatment of disease, and for evaluating the standards and quality of patient care. All this must be undertaken with due regard to ethical and legal considerations which emphasise the personal and sensitive nature of the information being collected and processed.

This program, the only one of its kind in Western Australia, combines content from the distinct disciplines of medical science, management, and information technology to ensure you obtain the skills needed to lead the field of health information management. In addition, our staff have strong links with the local health and information professions which will provide you with the opportunity for extensive hands-on experience. Core units include human biology, medical terminology, disease classification systems, epidemiology and biostatistics, management theory, computing and health information systems. Study also includes database management, electronic health information systems and health informatics, health economics, casemix and clinical costing, quality improvement principles, research methodology, human resource management and health services management.