La Trobe University
Master of Health Information Management
Nationally Recognised Higher EducationBuild a highly rewarding career with La Trobe's Master of Health Information Management. You'll combine the clinical and business sides of healthcare to create a career improving the quality of patient care.
Prepare for this highly skilled profession by building strong foundations in areas like clinical classification, data analytics, health informatics and health systems management.
Then deepen your technical and professional expertise with professional practice placements in healthcare agencies. You'll also receive management training to help you step straight into senior roles in healthcare.
From hospitals and community health centres to specialist disease registries – you'll graduate prepared to build a career in any area of healthcare.
Delivery mode
La Trobe University offers this course through the following delivery modes:
Blended
Combine the flexibility of online learning with the support of on campus learning.
- Plenty Road, Bundoora, Melbourne
Entry requirements
Domestic Students
- There are no mandated entry requirements.
195 credit point pathway - COGNATE ENTRY (2 years)
Successful completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent).
Successful completion of an Australian Graduate Certificate in Digital Health (HCDHBU or HCDHO) with 5 years of equivalent industry experience.
180 credit point pathway - COGNATE ENTRY (18 months)
- Successful completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent).
- Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate Health Data Integrity and Auditing (HCHIA) with 5 years of coding related work experience and successful completion of a prescribed Coding Challenge exam.
- WAM - Weighted Average Mark (WAM) 70%
Course fees
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Career opportunities
The Master of Health Information Management will prepare you for the following roles.
Health Information Manager
A Health Information Manager oversees the management of health information systems and data within healthcare organisations. You might work in hosp...
Clinical Data Manager
A Clinical Data Manager oversees the collection, management, and analysis of clinical data for research and patient care. You might work in hospita...
Health Informatician
A Health Informatician manages and optimises health information systems to improve patient care and operational efficiency. You might work in hospi...
Telehealth Coordinator
A Telehealth Coordinator manages and facilitates remote healthcare services, connecting patients with healthcare providers through digital platform...
About La Trobe University
La Trobe is a university known for making a positive difference in the lives of our students, partners and communities. We will become an even more valued and relevant university because of the way we respond to their needs in this time of great local and national crisis.
Our aim is to emerge as a more resilient, future-focused and necessarily more efficient institution that will thrive in a post-COVID world by being more sharply focused on the needs of our community, and by playing to our strengths in teaching and research.
