Over 30 Years
of Specialized
Career Training

Health Information Technology

The Associate of Applied Science degree in Health Information Technology will provide the medical, administrative, and behavioral skills and knowledge necessary to allow a graduate to gain entry-level employment as a:

• Medical office specialist 
• Medical coder 
• Medical records specialist 
• Health Information Analysts

A Health Information Technician is an allied health care professional serving the needs of physician-employers in delivering quality health care services to a client population. Our graduates most often find employment within: 

• Private Doctor’s Offices 
• Hospitals 
• Medical Clinics 
• Law Offices 
• Psychiatric Facilities 
• Insurance Companies 
• Public Health Departments 
• Out Patient Care Centers 
• Nursing Care Facilities 
• Home Healthcare Services

Medical records and health information technicians held about 147,000 jobs in 2002. Employment of health information technicians is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2012, due to rapid growth in the number of medical tests, treatments, and procedures that will be increasingly scrutinized by third-party payers, regulars, courts, and consumers.

*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

 

Associate in Applied Science Degree – 8 quarters