Conestoga College is a public college located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It offers more than 200 programs in various fields such as Engineering, Business, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Media and Design, and Community Services.

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Launch your health-care career by applying to the online Bachelor of Applied Health Information Science degree. Help fill a skill shortage for in-demand jobs as data analysts, business intelligence specialists, privacy professionals, and clinical informatics specialists. The Bachelor of Applied Health Information Science (Honours) degree is an innovative four-year, online program focusing on health informatics and health information management. You will experience a variety of real-life learning opportunities that will enrich your learning experience. You will be challenged to use creativity and problem-solving skills to design, implement and evaluate a broad range of projects with community partners. You will design health informatics and information management solutions while learning to maintain security, privacy, and confidentiality. A paid co-op term prepares you for a number of in-demand career opportunities in the health-care industry. Our graduates enable the health-care system to achieve its goals of person-centred, safe, high- quality and sustainable health care through data-informed problem solving. By using applied and integrated knowledge and skills from health information science, biomedical and health sciences, information technology and management sciences, you can make a positive impact to the health-care system. The Bachelor of Applied Health Information Science degree offers you opportunities to develop critical thinking and communication skills that enable you to work successfully on inter-professional teams. With small class sizes, dedicated professors, leading-edge course design, and the flexibility to study any time or place, this online degree program makes continuing your education and advancing your career possible. Graduates will qualify to challenge the national certification examination of the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA). Note: Advanced standing pathways are available for graduates with diplomas in health information management or in Conestoga’s Health Office Administration program. Successful completion of a pre-health sciences program may be considered as meeting the admission requirements. Show less

Courses
Level 1
Course details
Conestoga 101
CON0101

Success in Health Care Careers
HIM71010

Healthcare Governance in Canada
HIM71030

Health Informatics
HIM71050

Biomedical Concepts I
HIM71080

Information Technology I
INFO71765

Database Concepts I
PROG71000

Level 2
Course details
Academic Communications
ENGL71000

Health Information Management I
HIM71020

Solving Problems in Health Systems
HIM71100

Database Concepts II
PROG71010

Programming Concepts I
PROG71880

Group Dynamics
SOC71500

Program outcomes
Solve problems in healthcare by applying systems analysis, data analysis, and modelling techniques to identify opportunities for process improvements.
Create health information management and decision support solutions by applying concepts from data management, information governance, privacy and security, and business intelligence.
Apply knowledge of information technology and programming to collect, extract, analyze, combine, aggregate and transfer data from hospital, primary care and community environments.
Utilize appropriate terminology and concepts while communicating ideas and interacting with inter-professional teams of clinicians, health information management professionals, technologists, business users and patients.
Discuss improvement opportunities to health delivery in Canada by using concepts from health informatics, health information management, human factors engineering, biomedical science, information technology, and computer programming.
Choose appropriate research methods and statistical approaches to measure the impact of healthcare solutions, process improvement and applied research programs.
Discuss the impact of trends and challenges facing the Canadian healthcare system and its governance structure by applying principles of finance, public health, management science and public policy.
Apply principles of healthcare governance and change management to effectively manage projects in the healthcare system.
Develop professional work competencies, ethical practices and lifelong learning plans by engaging work placements and community projects.

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