Health Information Technology

A QUICK INTRO

If you're interested in the stability of a healthcare profession and prefer working with data and medical records, you'll want to explore this field.

WHAT YOU STUDY

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.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Employment opportunities include hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, health insurance organizations, outpatient clinics, physicians’ offices, hospice, and mental health facilities.

A CLOSER LOOK

Check out this video to learn about the program and the perks of working in this field.

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COURSE INFORMATION

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

FALL SEMESTER 1

Prefix	No.	Title	Credit
ACA	111	College Student Success	1
CIS	110	Intro to Computers	3
ENG	111	Writing and Inquiry	3
HIT	110	Intro to Healthcare & HIM	3
MED	121	Medical Terminology I	3
MED	122	Medical Terminology II	3
		Totals	16

SPRING SEMESTER 1

BIO	163	Basic Anatomy & Physiology	5
ENG	114	Pro. Research & Reporting	3
HIT	114	Health Data Systems/Standards	3
HUM	110	Technology & Society	3
MAT	152	Statistical Methods	4
		Totals	18

SUMMER SEMESTER

HIT	112	Health Law & Ethics	3
HIT	226	Pathophysiology & Pharmacology	3
PSY	150	General Psychology	3
		Totals	9

FALL SEMESTER 2

HIT	122	Professional Practice I	1
HIT	211	Diagnosis Coding & Reporting	3
HIT	213	Inpt Procedure Coding & Reporting	2
HIT	218	Management Principles in HIT	3
HIT	220	Electronic Health Records	2
HIT	221	Life Cycle of EHR	3
		Totals	14

SPRING SEMESTER 2

HIT	214	OP Procedure Coding/Reporting	2
HIT	215	Revenue Cycle Management	2
HIT	217	Quality & Data Analysis	3
HIT	222	Professional Practice Experience III	2
HIT	225	Healthcare Informatics	3
HIT	227	Informatics Project Management	3
HIT	280	HIM Capstone	2
		Totals	17

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

Prefix	No.	Title	Credit
HIT	110	Intro to Healthcare & HIM	3
HIT	112	Health Law & Ethics	3
HIT	114	Health Data Systems / Standards	3
HIT	225	Healthcare Informatics	3
		Totals	12

This certificate is also offered to high school students through the Career & College Promise initiative.

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

SUMMER SEMESTER

Prefix	No.	Title	Credit
CIS	110	Intro to Computers	3
		Totals	3

FALL SEMESTER

HIT	220	Electronic Health Records	2
HIT	221	Lifecycle of EHR	3
		Totals	5

SPRING SEMESTER

HIT	114	Health Data Systems / Standards	3
HIT	225	Healthcare Informatics	3
HIT	227	Informatics Project Management	3
		Totals	9

This certificate is also offered to high school students through the Career & College Promise initiative.

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

FALL SEMESTER

Prefix	No.	Title	Credit
HIT	211	Diagnosis Coding & Reporting	3
HIT	213	Inpt Procedure Coding & Reporting	2
MED	121	Medical Terminology I	3
MED	122	Medical Terminology II	3
		Totals	11