Health Info Administration

The Department of Health Information Administration (HIA) appreciates your visit to our webpage. Thank you for considering Chicago State University to pursue a career in health information management and administration. This is an exciting time to engage your aspirations as a health information professional given the increased focus on healthcare privacy and security, healthcare data analytics and the evolving technologies in the electronic health record and coding classification systems.  The Health Information Management skillset offers the intersections between medical science, technology and business.

A career in health information offers a challenging, exciting and rewarding career choice.  Students are prepared to assume employment in a variety of traditional and non-traditional organizations. Graduates completing the program are eligible to sit for the national certification exam of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) whereupon successful completion can become a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).

RHIAs are a critical linkage between care providers, patients and payers. The RHIA has a comprehensive knowledge base of medical, administrative, ethical, and legal requirements and accreditation standards related to healthcare delivery as well as serving as the source content expertise for privacy and security of protected patient information. 

Program Accreditation The Program’s accreditor of Chicago State University is the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The College’s accreditation for a Baccalaureate degree in Health Information Administration (HIA) has been reaffirmed through 2021. 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.

 

Program Outcomes 2019-2020

  

Program Director

This website provides a summary of information about our academic program, admission process and more. If you do not find the information you need; please, feel free to reach us at the contact information provided below.  Again, welcome!

We look forward to beginning a journey with you.

Sincerely,

Cheryl P. Jackson, MA, RHIA, CCS, PTS

Program Director, Health Information Administration (HIA)

College of Health Sciences

Business and Health Sciences, Room 424

Phone: (773) 995-2593

Fax: (773) 995-2950

Email: cjacks67@csu.edu