The Health Information Technology program provides students with the technical skills and knowledge required to provide reliable and valid information essential to the healthcare industry. Graduates are specialists working with health information systems, managing medical records, and coding information for reimbursement and research. Health information technology professionals work throughout the healthcare industry in a variety of settings. Common job titles include clinical coder, coding manager, clinical data collection and reporting specialist, cancer registrar, data integrity specialist, and reimbursement specialist. This program prepares health information technicians to support health information management in an electronic environment (e-HIM) and adheres to the American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) Framework for HIM education.

Associate in Applied Science Degree:

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Career General Education

23 credits

ENG:101   College Composition I

COM:101  Oral Communication

XXX:xxx   Missouri State Requirement

MTH:160   College Algebra

BIO:215    Human Body Systems

XXX:xxx   Social Science Elective

PE:xxx      2 credit hours

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Area of Concentration

38 credits

HIT:101  Medical Terminology

HIT:102  Health Info Mgmt Technology

HIT:103  Healthcare Delivery Systems

HIT:104  Basic Principles of Disease

HIT:105  Pharmacology HIT Professionals

HIT:106  Diagnosis Coding Systems I

HIT:107  Procedure Coding Systems I

HIT:110  Healthcare Ethical & Legal Issues

HIT:201  Health Insurance Billing & Reimbursement

HIT:210  Professional Practice Experience

HIT:213  Quality and Performance Improvement in Healthcare

HIT:214  Calculating and Reporting Healthcare Statistics

HIT:211  Electronic Health Systems

HIT:291  Workplace Learning: Health Information Technology

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Information Systems Component

8 credits

IS:103  Information Systems for Business

IS:136  Internet Fundamentals

IS:151  Microcomputer Apps in Business

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Program total 69 credit hours