Health Information Management Technology, AAS

HI13

Program Description

The Health Information Management Technology program is a sequence of courses designed to provide students with the technical knowledge and skills necessary to process, maintain, analyze, and report health information data according to legal, accreditation, licensure and certification standards for reimbursement, facility planning, marketing, risk management, utilization management, quality assessment and research; program graduates will develop leadership skills necessary to serve in a functional supervisory role in various components of the health information system.

View the Health Information Management Technology AAS Program Fact Sheet for additional information.

The Gwinnett Technical College Health Information Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management.

The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM)
233 N. Michigan Ave, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60601-5800
(312) 233-1100
www.cahiim.org

Employment Opportunities

Professional positions in hospitals, physicians’ offices, state and federal health care agencies, clinics, managed care organizations, behavioral health facilities, consulting and law firms, ambulatory care facilities, information system vendors, insurance companies, and long-term care facilities.

Prerequisites

Length of time to complete prerequisites varies depending on applicants’ transfer credit and/or testing results. It is the student’s responsibility to notify the admissions office once pre-requisites have been completed. File completion does not guarantee acceptance. Prior to admission into the health information management technology program, students must successfully complete the following courses with a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 2.5: FYES 1000 , ENGL 1101 , MATH 1111 , BIOL 2113 and BIOL 2113L , BIOL 2114 and BIOL 2114L , and ALHS 1090 . Please see the competitive health application at http://www.gwinnetttech.edu/enrollment/forms-documents/ for additional information.

Curriculum

Essential General Education Core Courses (15 Credits)

Area I - Language Arts/Communication

(Successful completion of ENGL 1101 is required)

COMM 1100 - Human Communication Credit hours: 3
ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric Credit hours: 3
ENGL 1102 - Literature and Composition Credit hours: 3
SPCH 1101 - Public Speaking Credit hours: 3

Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences

(Choose ONE of the following)

ECON 1101 - Principles of Economics Credit hours: 3
ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit hours: 3
ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit hours: 3
HIST 1111 - World History I Credit hours: 3
HIST 1112 - World History II Credit hours: 3
HIST 2111 - U. S. History I Credit hours: 3
HIST 2112 - U. S. History II Credit hours: 3
POLS 1101 - American Government Credit hours: 3
POLS 2401 - Global Issues Credit hours: 3
PSYC 1101 - Introductory Psychology Credit hours: 3
SOCI 1101 - Introduction to Sociology Credit hours: 3

Area III- Natural Sciences/Mathematics

MATH 1111 - College Algebra Credit hours: 3

Area IV - Humanities/Fine Arts

(Choose ONE of the following)

ARTS 1101 - Art Appreciation Credit hours: 3
ENGL 2110 - World Literature Credit hours: 3
ENGL 2130 - American Literature Credit hours: 3
HUMN 1101 - Introduction to Humanities Credit hours: 3
MUSC 1101 - Music Appreciation Credit hours: 3
RELG 1101 - World Religions Credit hours: 3

General Education Elective:

To meet the minimum required 15 semester credit hours in general education courses, an additional 3 semester credit hours must be taken from Area I, Area II, Area III, or Area IV. Students can view the complete list of classes here .

Essential Technical Courses (53 Credits)

FYES 1000 - First Year Experience Credit hours: 2
BIOL 2113 - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit hours: 3
BIOL 2113L - Anatomy and Physiology Lab I Credit hours: 1
BIOL 2114 - Anatomy and Physiology II Credit hours: 3
BIOL 2114L - Anatomy and Physiology Lab II Credit hours: 1
HIMT 1100 - Introduction to Health Information Technology Credit hours: 3
HIMT 1350 - Pharmacotherapy Credit hours: 2
HIMT 1250 - Health Record Content and Structure Credit hours: 2
HIMT 1150 - Computer Applications in Healthcare Credit hours: 3
HIMT 2200 - Performance Improvement Credit hours: 3
HIMT 1200 - Legal Aspects of Healthcare Credit hours: 3
HIMT 1400 - Coding and Classification I - ICD Basic Credit hours: 4
HIMT 2300 - Healthcare Management Credit hours: 3
HIMT 2150 - Healthcare Statistics Credit hours: 3
HIMT 1410 - Coding and Classification II - ICD Advanced Credit hours: 3
HIMT 2400 - Coding and Classification III - CPT/HCPCS Credit hours: 3
HIMT 2410 - Revenue Cycle Management Credit hours: 3
HIMT 2460 - Health Information Technology Practicum Credit hours: 3
MAST 1120 - Human Diseases Credit hours: 3
ALHS 1090 - Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences Credit hours: 2 OR
BUSN 2300 - Medical Terminology Credit hours: 2

Total Hours: 68

Suggested First Semester classes:

FYES 1000 - First Year Experience Credit hours: 2
ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric Credit hours: 3
MATH 1111 - College Algebra Credit hours: 3
PSYC 1101 - Introductory Psychology Credit hours: 3