Be on the leading edge of today's health care environment. Implement and use IT communications to promote success in health care reform. Managing and protecting personal health information has never been more important.
HIA professionals work in a growing diversification of settings in addition to the traditional hospital environment. They may be employed as:
Bachelor of Science in Health Information Administration (BS-HIA)
95% | 92% | 87% | 86% |
Graduation Rate (2018) | Retention Rate (2018) | Satisfaction rate among graduates (2018) |
Graduates employed within 1-year of graduation (2018) |
Our graduates are eligible to sit for the AHIMA national registration examination. Passing this examination entitles one to use the designation Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) after their name. The RHIA credential is recognized by employers throughout the continuum of health care.
For more information about program accreditation, please contact the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education, located at 223 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2150, Chicago, Ill., 60601. www.cahiim.org
user icon Program Director: Lori H. Prince, MSA, RHIS, CCS
location-arrow icon Health Sciences Campus
map-marker icon 987 St. Sebastian Way EB-1008, Augusta, GA 30904
phone icon 706-721-4650 | fax icon 706-721-6067
envelope icon lprince@augusta.edu