Health Information Technology

AAS in Health Information Technology Program Outcomes

The mission of the health information technology program is to provide students with the opportunity to build on knowledge and develop the skills necessary to be employed as a health information management (HIM) professional.

Program Outcomes

The graduate will:

• Apply health information management skills such as data analysis, abstracting, coding validation, reimbursement methodologies, retrieval, and quality measurement of healthcare data to the work environment.
• Demonstrate written and verbal organizational skills to facilitate team meetings that support a culture of diversity within the healthcare environment.
• Communicate using the oral and written communication skills necessary for effective interaction with multidisciplinary teams, providers, and consumers in the healthcare work environment.
• Apply critical thinking skills to effectively solve health information management problems.
• Apply ethical decision-making as it pertains to HIPAA, confidentiality, and privacy.
• Analyze policies and procedures to ensure organizational compliance with regulation and standards.

Program Performance