Most CAHIIM-accredited HI/HIM master's programs (40 of 48, 83%) have at least one publicly available AI-related document, and most documents are guidance rather than formal policy¶
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q2 i? Among 48 CAHIIM-accredited master's programs, 40 (83%) had at least one publicly available AI-related document, and guidelines (21, 53%) outnumbered formal policies (7, 18%). → Eldredge C 2026
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Eldredge C 2026¶
Eldredge C, Dolezel D, Jones J, Vooppala N, Bronsburg SE. (2026). Institutional approaches to artificial intelligence policy and guidance in health informatics and information management education: emerging trends and inconsistencies. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocag150
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Cross-sectional observational environmental scan of publicly available AI-related documents from all 48 CAHIIM-accredited HI/HIM master's programs listed in November 2025; "40 (83%) had at least one publicly available AI‑related document." Table 1 shows guidelines were the largest policy type (21, 53%) versus formal policies (7, 18%).
"Among the 48 CAHIIM‑accredited master’s programs in the study, 40 (83%) had at least one publicly available AI‑related document."
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Related Claims¶
- Policy type and policy audience do not differ significantly by program delivery mode in CAHIIM HI/HIM programs — related
- LDA topic modeling of HI/HIM AI policy documents identifies four dominant themes: academic integrity, generative AI use, AI in research, and ChatGPT engagement — related
- Academic integrity terms dominate HI/HIM AI policy content while healthcare regulatory references (HIPAA, FERPA, IRB) appear infrequently — related
- Equitable-access and digital-inclusion themes are minimally represented in HI/HIM AI policies — related
- GenAI guidelines at top U.S. universities cluster into four topics: learning and assessment integration, visual/multimodal media, security and ethics, and academic integrity — related
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Most CAHIIM-accredited HI/HIM master's programs (40 of 48, 83%) have at least one publicly available AI-related document, and most documents are guidance rather than formal policy |
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Most CAHIIM-accredited HI/HIM master's programs (40 of 48, 83%) have at least one publicly available AI-related document, and most documents are guidance rather than formal policy |
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