College Catalog Programs of Study 2018-2019
Health Information Technology
Career Studies Certificate
Offered through MEC
CIP Code: 51.0707
Purpose: This curriculum is designed to produce students competent in all aspects of workflow process analysis and redesign, as it relates to the adoption, implementation, maintenance, and optimization phases of the transition to the use of an electronic health records system.
Recommended Preparation: Prior to starting the program, the applicant must do the following:
• Comply with the College鈥檚 general admission requirements.
• and adhere to the prerequisites outlined therein.
• Have satisfactory scores on the English placement test.
• Apply to the program and be accepted.
Academic Requirements: Students must complete each course with a grade of 鈥淐鈥� or better in order to continue in the HIT sequence. Students who receive a 鈥淒鈥� or 鈥淔鈥� in a course must repeat that course before continuing in the HIT course sequence. If students receive two such grades, they will be removed from the program.
| One Year |
Credits |
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| 1st Semester | ||||||
| HIT | 100 | Introduction to Healthcare Delivery System | 1 | |||
| HIT | 130 | Introduction to Computers in Healthcare | 3 | |||
| HIT | 141 | Introduction to Healthcare and Health-IT in the U.S. | 3 | |||
| HIT | 132 | Health-It Infrastructure Development | 3 | |||
| 1HLT | 141 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 12 | |||||
| 2nd Semester | ||||||
| HIT | 229 | Performance Improvement and Data Usage in Healthcare | 2 | |||
| HIT | 230 | Computer Applications in Heallthcare | 3 | |||
| HIT | 233 | Working with Electronic Health Records | 3 | |||
| HIT | 235 | Emerging Technologies in Health-IT | 3 | |||
| Total | 11 | |||||
Total credits for the Health Information Technology Career Studies Certificate =23 |
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1 Licensed healthcare providers wishing to challenge this course must work with their academic advisor.