Certificate in Health Informatics and Health Information Management
(Summer, UW Campus, Seattle)
Developed in partnership with the UW Department of Health Services, School of Public Health
Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education

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HIHIM program faculty are active in state and national professional activities, including standards development in health informatics. Several faculty members have authored and edited textbooks currently used in the field, including: Health Information Management and Ethical Decision Making; Health Information: Management of a Strategic Resource; Electronic Health Records: Changing the Vision; and Aspects of Computer-Based Patient Records.

Wendy Baesler, M. Acc., Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Mary Alice Hanken, Ph.D., R.H.I.A., C.H.P.S., Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Susan Helbig, M.A., R.H.I.A., Director, Medical Records Services, Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care Systems

Sharon Huitsing, M.B.A., Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Washington; Project Consultant, UW Medicine; Principal, SoZoe Group.

Gretchen Murphy, M.Ed., R.H.I.A., F.A.H.I.M.A., Program Director, Degree and Certificate Program in Health Informatics and Health Information Management; Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Carole L. Okamoto, M.B.A., R.H.I.A., Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Washington; Principal, C.O. Concepts, Inc.

Kathleen Peterson, M.S., R.H.I.A., C.C.S., Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Fernando Vega, M.D., Family Practice Physician, Seattle Healing Arts Center

Stephen Wagner, M.S., Analyst, Clinical Informatics Research Group, University of Washington

Instructors are subject to change.