Department of Health Information Administration

The Department of Health Information Management (HIM) appreciates your visit to our webpage. Thank you for considering Chicago State University to pursue a career in health information management. This is an exciting time to be in the HIM profession given the increased focus on health information technology and the change to ICD-10 coding.

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 completion can become a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).

Program Accreditation

The Health Information Administration program at Chicago State  University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

Program Outcomes 2016-2017

• 80% Graduation Rate
• 83% Retention Rate
• 100% of employer survey respondents were satisfied with the graduates' skill sets

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

Chicago State University/ 9501 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 60628

Phone: 773) 995.2593

Fax:(773) 995.2950

Email: cjacks67@csu.edu