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  • Unlocking the Future of Healthcare: The Rise of Health Informatics and Health Information Management Careers

    Unlocking the Future of Healthcare: The Rise of Health Informatics and Health Information Management Careers

    As healthcare continues its digital transformation, the need for professionals who can navigate the intersection of health sciences, technology, and data has never been greater. HIHIM careers are experiencing explosive growth, offering not only stability and purpose, but also high earning potential and leadership opportunities in a rapidly evolving field.

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  • Merging Pharmacy, Health Informatics, and Leadership: Advancing Careers via the MHIHIM Program

    Merging Pharmacy, Health Informatics, and Leadership: Advancing Careers via the MHIHIM Program

    Alumnae Christabel Lo and Julie Duong discuss their experience in the UW Master of Health Informatics and Information Management (MHIHIM) program while completing their UW Pharmacy residency. The two graduates describe how the program shaped their careers, enhanced their skills in data-driven healthcare, and opened doors to leadership opportunities in pharmacy informatics.

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  • From Amazon to UW Medicine:  unpacking the flexibility offered by an HIHIM degree

    From Amazon to UW Medicine:  unpacking the flexibility offered by an HIHIM degree

    HIHIM alum Simran Dhanoa reflects on how the program served as a launchpad for her career in health metrics. As a proud “career butterfly,” she’s taken advantage of numerous professional opportunities in healthcare.

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  • Why Get a Health Informatics Master’s Degree?

    Why Get a Health Informatics Master’s Degree?

    A master’s degree in health informatics offers a unique opportunity to merge technology, healthcare, and data science into a rewarding career.

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  • Overcoming barriers as an immigrant, first-generation MHIHIM student

    Overcoming barriers as an immigrant, first-generation MHIHIM student

    First-generation and immigrant students face multiple barriers. MHIHIM student Maryan Mohamed describes her own journey, including her advocacy and project management work at the Somali Health Board.

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  • Dr. Karima Lalani presents to Pan-Canadian Conference on Health Information

    Dr. Karima Lalani presents to Pan-Canadian Conference on Health Information

    Dr. Karima Lalani, director of health informatics and health information management programs, delivered a presentation entitled “Workforce Trends in Health Information and Information Management – A Global Perspective.”

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  • Creating problem solvers – health informatics in project management

    Creating problem solvers – health informatics in project management

    Software developer, digital health leader, and Health Informatics and Health Information Management (HIHIM) associate teaching professor John Hartgraves details the appeal of project management as a career. His courses provide students with hands-on project management experience.

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  • UW HIHIM programs join HIMSS Academic Organizational Affiliate program

    UW HIHIM programs join HIMSS Academic Organizational Affiliate program

    UW students in HIHIM programs now receive access to health technology education, career development, and networking through HIMMS.

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  • Director of HIHIM programs contributes to book on health care management fundamentals

    Director of HIHIM programs contributes to book on health care management fundamentals

    HIHIM Program Director’s research provides essential briefings on key topics in health care management that every current or aspiring health care leader needs to know.

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  • HIHIM professor Jim Condon reflects on transitioning to academia after 21 years in the Army

    HIHIM professor Jim Condon reflects on transitioning to academia after 21 years in the Army

    HIHIM professor Jim Condon reflects on his multi-decade career path from Army veteran to cancer registrar to academic. He explains why veterans should consider careers in health information management, and why cancer registrar is such a promising job for HIHIM graduates.

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