Health Information Management Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 115 health information management schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 92 health information management schools have some social media presence, having accounts on at least one of the three major social media outlets, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Of the schools that have a social media presence, the greatest number, almost 90% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 77.4% of the 115 health information management schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 5.2% use blue as the primary color on their websites. Yellow (4.3%), grey (4.3%) and black (4.3%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on health information management school websites.

The colors used on the websites of the largest health information management schools in the nation, are as follows:

1. Ohio State University - Main Campus: white 30% and grey 3.4%
2. University of Central Florida: white 46% and black 1.6%
3. University of Washington - Seattle Campus: white 11% and grey 1.7%

Font

The largest number, nearly 46.1%, of health information management school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on health information management school websites include Verdana (27%) and Helvetica (6.1%).

The largest health information management school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Ohio State University - Main Campus: Helvetica
2. University of Central Florida: Arial
3. University of Washington - Seattle Campus: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 70 health information management schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 206 YouTube channel subscribers. The health information management schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. TechSkills - Charlotte: 1,646 subscribers
2. University of Kansas: 1,615 subscribers
3. University of Central Florida: 1,559 subscribers

Exactly 72 health information management schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 1,994 Twitter account followers. The health information management schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Ohio State University - Main Campus: 18,232 followers
2. University of Washington - Seattle Campus: 9,588 followers
3. University of Kansas: 8,453 followers

Web Metrics

Although all health information management schools have websites, only about 27% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 73% of health information management school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The health information management schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Central Arizona College: 93,584 broken links
2. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: 2,283 broken links
3. Ohio State University - Main Campus: 915 broken links

It is also interesting to evaluate the number of HTML and CSS validation errors on health information management school websites to get a sense of the quality of these sites. The health information management school websites with the cleanest websites, i.e., least number of HTML and CSS validation errors are:

1. Kaplan University - Hagerstown Campus: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Dunwoody College of Technology: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Saint Louis University - Main Campus: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The health information management school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. University of Alaska Southeast: 16 HTML validation errors; 181 CSS validation errors
2. Omnitech Institute: 63 HTML validation errors; 134 CSS validation errors
3. Southwest Career College: 83 HTML validation errors; 100 CSS validation errors