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Join us at the 6th Annual Conference in Minneapolis hosted by CAHIIM, accrediting programs in Health Information Management and Health Informatics at all academic levels. Explore upward trends in education, part-time enrollments, and government initiatives. Learn about distance education quality, pedagogy, and state authorization regulations. Challenge: Designing and maintaining quality healthcare programs.
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6th Annual Conference ~ Minneapolis Claire Dixon-Lee, PhD, RHIA, CPH, FAHIMA Executive Director Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) Chicago, Illinois Claire.dixon-lee@cahiim.org www.cahiim.org
6th Annual Conference ~ Minneapolis CAHIIM Accredits degree-granting programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels: Health Information Management – associate, baccalaureate, master’s degree Health Informatics – master’s degree Statistics 301 accredited programs Associate = 239 Baccalaureate = 55 Masters = 7 60 candidate programs (A=53; B=4; M=3) 22 applicant programs (A=16; B=3; M-3)
6th Annual Conference ~ Minneapolis Upward Trends Significant growth in proprietary, for-profit institutions 2nd career students Part-time enrollments Time to graduation Federal/State Gov’t. programs Marketing of health information careers Credentials & certificates Challenge: Design & Maintain Quality Programs
6th Annual Conference ~ Minneapolis Distance Education Quality, pedagogy, creativity, graduate outcomes State authorization Resources: WCET weblink: http://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/10-steps-to-begin-authorization/ State Higher Education Executive Officers weblink: http://www.sheeo.org/stateauth/stateauth-home.htm WCET Starter List from 2011 of states’ regulations: http://wcet.wiche.edu/wcet/docs/state-approval/FinalStateApprovalRegulationsforDistanceEducationAStarterListwithAddendum2.pdf