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HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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 certi cation examina- tion to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). Employment opportuni- ties include hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, health insurance organiza- tions, outpatient clinics, physicians’ of ces, hospice, and mental health facilities.
The HIT program is accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM).
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE (AAS) - A45360 FALL SEMESTER 1
Pre x Number ACA 111
BIO 168 ENG 111
HIT 110 MED 121 MED 122
Title Class
Lab Clinical Credit 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 17
3 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 3
2 0 3
2 0 3 10 0 16
0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 11
0 3 1 6 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 3
10 3 16
SPRING SEMESTER 1
Totals
SUMMER SEMESTER
HIT 112 HIT 216 HIT 226 PSY 150
FALL SEMESTER 2
HIT 122 HIT 211 HIT 218 HIT 220 HIT 221 HUM 110
3 1 3 3
College Student Success
Anatomy and Physiology I
Writing & Inquiry
Fundamentals of HIM
Medical Terminology I
Medical Terminology II
Totals 16
3 2 3 2
2
2 12
Health Law & Ethics
Quality Management
Principles of Disease
General Psychology
Totals 10
BIO 169
CIS 110
ENG 114
HIT 114
Choose one of the following:
MAT 110 Math. Measurement & Literacy MAT 143 Quantitative Literacy
Anatomy and Physiology II Introduction to Computers Professional Research & Reporting Health Data Systems/Standards
Professional Practice Experience I ICD Coding
Management Principles in HIT Health Informatics and EHR’s Life Cycle of EHR
0 2 3 1 2 3
Technology and Society
Totals 11
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