Minor in Digital Health
You're required to take electives – so choose courses providing actual preparation for employment in the digital health care space. This minor will allow you to be a more competitive job applicant and provides an expanded range of employment options.
Digital health professionals assist health care providers in leveraging tools like mobile apps, software, wearable technologies, patient monitoring devices and others to improve wellness and patient care. One aspect of digital health is the technology itself and how it is applied; another aspect of it is ensuring that data and information yielded from these tools is of high quality, useful and accessible.
In this minor, students complete coursework focused on health data and information management, health information technology, health care delivery and organizational structures, project management and information security, among others.
Program Eligibility
To enroll, the ideal student has a 3.0 or higher GPA and has successfully completed a course in a related area such as computing science, information systems, information technology, etc.
Successful completion requires earning a grade of ‘C’ or higher in each course in this minor.
Program Curriculum
Because of course offerings per semester, students ideally begin these courses in the fall. All courses are available exclusively online.
Spring 1
- HEIM 525 Healthcare Database & Architecture (3)
Fall 1
- HEIM 415 Healthcare Delivery Systems (3)
- HEIM 485 Independent Study in HIM (1) – statistics refresher*
Spring 2
- HEIM 540 Health Information Systems (3)
- HEIM 676 Healthcare Analytics (3)
Fall 2
- HEIM 570 Introduction to Healthcare Management (3)
- HEIM 679 Information Governance in Healthcare (3)
* Students who have completed/passed a course focused on statistics, analytics, calculus, or similar are waived from taking HEIM 485.
Fall 1
- HEIM 415 Healthcare Delivery Systems (3)
- HEIM 570 Introduction to Healthcare Management (3)
Spring 1
- HEIM 540 Health Information Systems (3)
- HEIM 525 Healthcare Database & Architecture (3)
Fall 2
- HEIM 679 Information Governance in Healthcare (3)
- HEIM 485 Independent Study in HIM (1) – statistics refresher*
Spring 2
- HEIM 676 Healthcare Analytics (3)
* Students who have completed/passed a course focused on statistics, analytics, calculus, or similar are waived from taking HEIM 485.
Fall 1
- HEIM 415 Healthcare Delivery Systems (3)
- HEIM 570 Introduction to Healthcare Management (3)
Spring 1
- HEIM 525 Healthcare Database & Architecture (3)
- HEIM 679 Information Governance in Healthcare (3)
Summer 1
- HEIM 540 Health Information Systems (3)
Fall 2
- HEIM 485 Independent Study in HIM (1) – statistics refresher*
Spring 2
- HEIM 676 Healthcare Analytics (3)
* Students who have completed/passed a course focused on statistics, analytics, calculus, or similar are waived from taking HEIM 485.
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Accreditation and Certification
The Digital Health Professional certificate program at University of Kansas Medical Center is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The certificate program accreditation has been affirmed through 2030. All inquiries about the program’s accreditation status should be directed by mail to CAHIIM, 200 East Randolph Street, Suite 5100, Chicago, IL, 60601; by phone at (312) 235-3255; or by email at info@cahiim.org.
Although not a required aspect of completing this minor, interested students who complete this minor may choose to become certified as a Certified Digital Health – Professional (CDH-P). To learn more about the CDH-P credential, please visit chimecentral.org.