Innovative Approaches to A Multidisciplinary Program: Developing An Undergraduate Program in Health Information Management

Abstract: Using technology in health care is a key component to creating an improved, higher-quality health care system. However, there is a gap between the academic education of health care workers and the real world usage of technology in health care delivery. The authors note a lack of mandatory and standardized health information management programs taught to students at the undergraduate level. One of the issues is the multi-disciplinary nature of the field: it brings together the information technology/computer science field with a variety of allied health, nursing, and medical fields. These fields do not talk the same language. One of the main objectives of this paper is to explore the notion of educating students at the undergraduate level in health information management, emphasizing the multi-disciplinary nature of the field. The paper discusses the development and implementation of this curriculum at Marymount University.

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