Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Health Information Administration Program Outcomes

Program Specific Competency Goals

Upon completion of the Post-Baccalaureate certificate in Health Information Administration, graduates will:

  • Communicate effectively within the health care environment. (Communication)**
  • Apply Information Governance standards across the health care continuum. (Critical Thinking, Technology)**
  • Comply with appropriate policies and procedures for the protection and security of health data. (Critical Thinking, Professionalism, Communication)**
  • Make use of processes and systems to retrieve health data, monitor accuracy, and perform data analytics.(Critical Thinking, Communication, Technology)**
  • Monitor revenue cycle processes within health care environments. (Critical Thinking, Technology)**
  • Adhere to national, state, and organization-wide compliance regulations. (Critical Thinking, Communication)**
  • Demonstrate knowledge and behaviors compatible for leadership positions with the HIM community. (Critical Thinking, Communication, Technology, Professionalism, Diversity)**
  • Use appropriate technology and decision support tools in order to succeed in the HIM environment. (Technology)**
  • Demonstrate professional, ethical, and legal standards of conduct appropriate in the HIM setting. (Professionalism)**
  • Respect cultural, ethnic, gender, and lifestyle differences in the workplace and community. (Diversity)**

**Categories denoted in the parentheses represent relationship to the Clarkson College student success skills, which are our institutional student learning outcomes, and include Communication, Technology, Critical Thinking, Diversity, and Professionalism. 

Performance Outcomes

  2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
First-Time Certification Pass Rate* 66.7%
(2/3)		 60%
(3/5)		 80%
(4/5)
Overall Certification Pass Rate* 66.7%
(2/3)		 60%
(3/5)		 80%
(4/5)
National Average Certification Pass Rate* 66% 55% 62%
Graduation Rate** 43%
(6/14)		 33%
(4/12)		 50%
(1/2)
Job Placement/Employment Rate*** 100%
(4/4)		 100%
(4/4)		 100%
(4/4)

* Certification pass rate is measured by the number of graduates that have successfully completed either their professional licensing examination or national certification examination. The national certification examination for this degree is the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) exam.

** Graduation rates for this program are measured at GR 150. This refers to the percentage of a school’s eligible students who complete their degree/certificate program within 150% of the published time for the certificate/degree program.

*** Employment rates are taken from returned graduate surveys, alumni surveys, employer surveys, and individual graduate’s reports to the program.