Health Information Technology AAS
The Health Information Technology curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge and skills to process, analyze, abstract, compile, maintain, manage, and report health information. Students will supervise departmental functions; classify, code, and index diagnoses and procedures; coordinate information for cost control, quality management, statistics, marketing, and planning; monitor governmental and non-governmental standards; facilitate research; and design system controls to monitor patient information security. Graduates of this program may be eligible to write the national certification examination to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). Employment opportunities
Courses
- ACA122 — Transfer & Career Success
- ART111 — Art Appreciation
- ART114 — Art History Survey I
- ART115 — Art History Survey II
- BIO163 — Basic Anat & Physiology
- CIS110 — Introduction to Computers
- COM110 — Introduction to Communication
- COM120 — Intro Interpersonal Com
- COM231 — Public Speaking
- DRA111 — Theatre Appreciation
- ECO251 — Prin of Microeconomics
- ECO252 — Prin of Macroeconomics
- ENG111 — Writing and Inquiry
- ENG112 — Writing/Research in the Disc
- ENG114 — Prof Research & Reporting
- ENG125 — Creative Writing I
- ENG231 — American Literature I
- ENG232 — American Literature II
- ENG241 — British Literature I
- ENG242 — British Literature II
- HIT110 — Intro to Healthcare & HIM
- HIT112 — Health Law and Ethics
- HIT114 — Health Data Sys/Standards
- HIT124 — Prof Practice Exp II
- HIT211 — Diagnosis Coding & Reporting
- HIT213 — Inpt Proc Coding & Reporting
- HIT214 — OP Procedure Coding/Reporting
- HIT215 — Revenue Cycle Management
- HIT217 — Quality & Data Analysis
- HIT218 — Mgmt Principles in HIT
- HIT220 — Electronic Health Records
- HIT221 — Lifecycle of EHR
- HIT222 — Prof Practice Exp III
- HIT225 — Healthcare Informatics
- HIT226 — Pathophysiology & Pharmacology
- HIT280 — HIM Capstone
- HUM110 — Technology and Society
- HUM115 — Critical Thinking
- HUM120 — Cultural Studies
- HUM122 — Southern Culture
- HUM150 — American Women's Studies
- HUM160 — Introduction to Film
- MAT152 — Statistical Methods I
- MED121 — Medical Terminology I
- MED122 — Medical Terminology II
- MUS110 — Music Appreciation
- MUS112 — Introduction to Jazz
- PHI240 — Introduction to Ethics
- POL120 — American Government
- PSY150 — General Psychology
- REL110 — World Religions
- REL211 — Intro to Old Testament
- REL212 — Intro to New Testament
- SOC210 — Introduction to Sociology