La Trobe's Bachelor of Health Information Management combines the clinical and business sides of healthcare to prepare you for a career as a health information expert. You'll develop a comprehensive skillset covering areas like clinical classification, data analytics, health informatics and health systems management.

Build the foundation of your skills in health information management in your first year of study. Then deepen your technical and professional expertise throughout the rest of your degree, including 55 days of supervised professional placement.

With the perfect blend of expertise and experience, you'll graduate ready to work in all areas of healthcare – from hospitals and community health centres to specialist disease registries.

You'll learn:

• Anatomy and physiology
  • Understand the fundamental internal and external structures of the body and how they function. Learn the language of medicine.

• Health informatics and data analysis
  • Discover how to apply Health Information Technology (HIT) into a healthcare setting to aid the delivery of care. Build the skills to analyse health data and disseminate health information insights at local, state, national and international levels.

• Health classification and clinical coding
  • Learn how to encode patient record information using a health classification system. Understand the international and local standards for recording and communicating health data.
    
    
• Management of electronic health information systems
  • Gain the skills to manage electronic health information systems, such as understanding security, access and integration requirements.

• Health information ethics and law
  • Investigate the ethical challenges and legal requirements of working with health data, including ways to ensure patients can control their health information.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7 - Bachelor Degree.

Sample course structure

Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.