Business Healthcare Technology, Diploma

Overview

Offered at the Augusta Campus (Day and Online) and Thomson Campus (Online)

Entrance Dates:	Fall (Day) and Spring (Online)
Length of Program:	4 Terms
Credit Hours Required for Graduation:	48

Program Description: The Business Healthcare Technology program is designed to prepare graduates for employment in a variety of positions in today's technology-driven healthcare industry. The Business Healthcare Technology program provides learning opportunities, which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes the use of software and technology used in medical offices, clinics, and hospitals. Students are also introduced to accounting fundamentals, electronic communications, internet research, electronic file management, and healthcare regulation and compliance. The program includes instruction in effective communication skills and terminology that encompasses office management and executive assistant qualification and technology innovations for the office. Additionally, the program provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of administrative technology. Graduates of the program receive a Business Healthcare Technology Diploma.

Employment Opportunities: Employment opportunities include administrative support positions in healthcare facilities such as physicians’ offices, hospitals, coding and billing service providers, and other healthcare related businesses.

Curriculum Outline

Basic Skills Courses, 8 credits

ENGL 1010	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I	3
MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL REL & PROF DEV	2
	OR
PSYC 1010	BASIC PSYCHOLOGY	3

Occupational Courses, 39-40 credits

COMP 1000	INTRO TO COMPUTER LITERACY	3

BUSN 1010	Med Term, Anat, & Disease Busn	6
	OR
BUSN 2300	MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY	2
	OR
ALHS 1090	MED TERM/ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCE	2
	AND
BUSN 2310	ANAT&TERM/MEDICAL ADMIN ASST	3
	OR
ALHS 1010	INTRO TO ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY	4
	OR
ALHS 1011	STRUCTURE&FUNCTION HUMAN BODY	5
	AND
MAST 1120	HUMAN DISEASES	3

BUSN 1015	Intro Healthcare Reimbursement	3
BUSN 2190	BUS DOC PROOFREADING & EDITING	3
BUSN 2340	Healthcare Admin Procedures	4

BUSN 2350	Electronic Health Records	3
	OR
HIMT 1250	HEALTH RECORD CONTENT & STRUCT	2

BUSN 2375	Healthcare Coding	3
BUSN 1440	DOCUMENT PRODUCTION	4

BUSN 2200	OFFICE ACCOUNTING	4
	OR
ACCT 1100	FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I	4

BUSN XXXX	Occupational Guided Electives*	7

NOTES:

Under Occupational Courses, take BUSN 1010 Medical Terminology, Anatomy, and Disease for Business OR the following combination of courses to satisfy that the BUSN 1010 course requirement:

BUSN 2300 or ALHS 1090 (medical terminology requirement) AND

BUSN 2310 or ALHS1010 or ALHS 1011 or BIOL 2113/2113L or BIOL 2114/2114L (anatomy requirement) AND

MAST 1120 (diseases requirement)

*Consult with your program advisor for occupational guided elective options.
*No course or alternate course listed as an Occupational Course may be used as an Occupational Guided Elective.
Courses that are being used to fulfill program requirements may not be used to also fulfill elective requirements.

Guided Pathway

Augusta Day Program, Fall Entrance

PROGRAM NAME: Business Healthcare Technology

AWARD: Diploma

CAMPUS: Augusta Day Program

Year 1 Fall Semester

ENGL 1010	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I	3

COMP 1000	INTRO TO COMPUTER LITERACY	3
	OR
HIMT 1150	COMPUTER APPS IN HEALTHCARE	3

BUSN 1010	Med Term, Anat, & Disease Busn	6
	OR
BUSN 2300	MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY	2
	OR
ALHS 1090	MED TERM/ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCE	2
	AND
BUSN 2310	ANAT&TERM/MEDICAL ADMIN ASST	3
	OR
ALHS 1011	STRUCTURE&FUNCTION HUMAN BODY	5
	OR
ALHS 1010	INTRO TO ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY	4
	AND
MAST 1120	HUMAN DISEASES	3

BUSN XXXX	Occupational Guided Elective*	3

Year 1 Spring Semester

BUSN 1015	Intro Healthcare Reimbursement	3
BUSN 1440	DOCUMENT PRODUCTION	4
BUSN 2375	Healthcare Coding	3
MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

BUSN 2190	BUS DOC PROOFREADING & EDITING	3
BUSN 2350	Electronic Health Records	3
	OR
HIMT 1250	HEALTH RECORD CONTENT & STRUCT	2

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL REL & PROF DEV	2
	OR
PSYC 1010	BASIC PSYCHOLOGY	3

Year 2 Fall Semester

BUSN 2200	OFFICE ACCOUNTING	4
	OR
ACCT 1100	FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I	4

BUSN 2340	Healthcare Admin Procedures	4
BUSN XXXX	Occupational Guided Elective**	4

Notes:

Upon entry into the program, if student is unable to key at a rate of 25 wpm or higher using the touch-system of typing, BUSN 1100 must be taken as the first-semester Occupational Guided Elective.

**For Occupational Guided Electives, student must consult program advisor for elective choices.

Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.

Augusta and Thomson Online Program, Spring Entrance