Charter Oak State College has launched its first major, an online bachelor's degree completion program in Health Information Management (HIM). On September 27, 2012, the College received notification that the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) approved Charter Oak to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in HIM. The program received approval from the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education in the spring.
"We are very excited about the approval of our Health Information Management program by NEASC," said Dr. Frank M. Valier, the College's new Health Information Management Program Coordinator. "This NEASC approval has provided the first public HIM online degree program in Connecticut. Now we can enroll students and begin to prepare them for the healthcare jobs of the future."
Developed by experts in this fast-growing field, Charter Oak's new online bachelor's degree in Health Information Management equips students for the electronic management of sensitive patient health information and healthcare organization revenue cycles. The program is structured to provide a professional education with a comprehensive curriculum and is guided by the principle of quality health care through quality information. Get more information on this new program.