Health Information Technology
This program is designed to prepare students for employment in a variety of healthcare settings. Although medical records and health information technologists do not provide direct patient care, they work regularly with physicians and other healthcare professionals. Health information technologists organize and manage health information data by ensuring its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper and electronic systems. They use various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for reimbursement purposes, for databases and registries, and to maintain patients’ medical and treatment histories. Health information technologists can specialize in many
Courses
- AMH 2010 — UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877
- AMH 2020 — U.S. HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT
- CGS 1060C — INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
- CGS 2100C — COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS
- ENC 1101 — FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I
- HIM 1000 — INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
- HIM 1012 — LEGAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
- HIM 1110 — HEALTH DATA CONCEPTS
- HIM 1211 — HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
- HIM 1430 — PRINCIPLES OF DISEASE
- HIM 1453 — ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- HIM 1800L — PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
- HIM 2214 — HEALTH CARE STATISTICS AND RESEARCH
- HIM 2222C — BASIC ICD CODING
- HIM 2253 — BASIC CPT CODING
- HIM 2500 — QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
- HIM 2512 — SUPERVISION, ORGANIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT
- HIM 2729C — ADVANCED ICD CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT
- HIM 2810L — PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE II
- HIM 2820L — PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE III
- HIM 2960 — HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN REVIEW
- HSA 1100 — HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
- HSC 1004 — INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS
- HSC 1149 — GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
- HSC 1531 — MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
- POS 2041 — U.S. GOVERNMENT
- SLS 1122 — NEW STUDENT EXPERIENCE
- STA 2023 — STATISTICAL METHODS