This programme combines Science, Business, and Information Technology to ensure that students who undertake it come out furnished with the necessary skills they will need to work in middle to senior management grades in clinical and hospital settings or physicians’ offices as Health Data & Information Managers, Bio Statisticians, Medical Informaticians, Data Quality Managers, Researchers, and Public Health Information Managers or Officers.
Admissions Criteria
- Applicants are expected to have successfully completed secondary schooling.
The typical entry requirement is LGCSE ornother equivalent secondary school qualification.
- LGCSE/equivalent with a minimum of 5 subjects of which 3 Credits (C), 2 Pass (D) including minimum Pass (D) in English, Pass (D) in Mathematics , Pass (D) in Biology.
- Applicants in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field may be given exemptions based on the credit point equivalency.
Graduates of this programme can
- Build effective systems to collect, generate, organise, collate, analyse, interpret and disseminate health related data
- Organise and present health related information for policy, planning and for operations management of the health sector
- Design data collection tools/instruments
- Conduct special studies/evaluations on health information areas
- Develop protocols/guidelines for health information management
- Develop and manage a health informatics infrastructure
- Develop and administer medical databases
- Ensure privacy and ethical practices when managing patient data
- Carry out medical transcription
- Carry out coding of diseases and drugs using ICD 10 or later standards
Career Prospects
- Health Data & Information Management Officer/Managers
- Medical Informatician
- Data Quality Manager & Researcher
- Public Health Information Managers/Officers
- Inpatient and Outpatient HIM Coder & Coding Educator
- Director – Coding Operations Hospital
- HIM Analyst/Coder
- HIM Programme Director
- Medical Coding Manager
- HIM Consultant
- HIM Practice Leader Operations
- Health Information Services Manager
- Insurance Manager
- Hospital Administrator
Skills Developed
- Computer skills
- Professional writing
- Presentation skills
- Data collection and analysis skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Creative, critical, logical and analytical thinking skills
- Team building and management skills
