This double degree prepares you for a career in both the clinical and business sides of health care, with an emphasis on:

• clinical coding
• health data analytics
• digital health
• informatics
• and management

These are all key factors in enabling the Australian healthcare system to function effectively.

In your first year, you'll learn the foundations of human bioscience. Over the next three years, you'll go on to specialise in health information systems. Your subjects will cover everything from:

• anatomy
• physiology and medical terminology
• health informatics
• management of electronic health information systems
• electronic medical records
• coding and classification of diseases
• health data analytics
• and health information ethics and law.

Professional placements are an integral part of this course and these prepare students for their post-graduation professional workplaces. In second year, you'll complete five days of supervised professional placement, followed by 15 days in third year and 45 days in fourth year.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Career opportunities are available in:

• management of hospital health information services
• clinical/medical coding and casemix analysis in hospitals
• general administration, privacy management, and clinical governance/risk management in health services and hospitals
• health software development and computing firms and health information technology projects
• specialised disease registries and health research centres (e.g. state and hospital cancer registries)
• government health departments
• clinical trial data management (e.g. hospitals; pharmaceutical industry
• health screening programs.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

The Bachelor of Health Sciences (Medical Classification)/Bachelor of Health Information Management is accredited by the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA).