Overview
Offered at the Augusta Campus
| Entrance Dates: |
Fall |
| Length of Program: |
Five Terms |
| Credit Hours Required for Graduation: |
66 |
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
Employment Opportunities: Health information technicians work at a number of healthcare providers such as physicians’ offices, nursing care facilities, outpatient care centers, and home healthcare services. Technicians also may be employed outside of healthcare facilities, such as in Federal Government agencies. In addition to job growth, numerous openings will result from the need to replace medical record and health information technicians who retire or leave the occupation permanently.
Credentialing (Optional): Satisfactory completion of all program courses entitles students to sit for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) examination. Note: The program must achieve national accreditation before students can qualify to sit for the national exam. The site visit for initial accreditation is scheduled for March 3-4, 2021.
Curriculum Outline
General Core Courses, 15 credits
Guided General Education Elective
(A minimum of 3 credit hours from the following list is required)
Occupational Courses, 52 credits
Notes:
- A grade of “C” or higher is required for all courses listed in the curriculum outline.
- Prior to participation in the Professional Practicum Experience (PPE), students are required to complete a medical examination form. All required immunizations, including Hepatitis B and seasonal flu, must be accompanied by documentation. Students who refuse to take the Hepatitis B/seasonal flu vaccination series must sign a declination form and be aware that the PPE sites may refuse to allow them the opportunity to gain practicum experience at their facility.
- Conviction of a felony or gross misdemeanor may prohibit employment in field and make a student ineligible to obtain a credentials in field. A background check and drug screen is required by all practicum affiliates prior to a student beginning practicum. For more information, contact the appropriate program advisor.
- ALHS and natural science courses older than 5 years will not be considered for prerequisite credit. Students will need to retake these courses before enrolling in the HIMT prefix courses.
- Student activities associated with the curriculum, especially while students are completing his or her practicum rotations, will be educational in nature. Students will not be receiving monetary remuneration during this educational experience, nor will he or she be substituted for hired staff personnel within the practicum institution in the capacity of a health information management technician.
- Prior to participation in campus/practicum labs, students are required to show proof of current health insurance. Students who cannot show proof of health insurance need to be aware that practicum sites may refuse to allow them the opportunity to gain practicum experience at their facility.
Guided Pathway
You may click on any course below to view the course description and prerequisite information.
Students who do not follow the Course Sequence listed below may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown.
Augusta Day Program
PROGRAM NAME: Health Information Management Technology
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
CAMPUS: Augusta Day Program
Year 1 Fall Semester
Year 1 Spring Semester
Year 1 Summer Semester
Year 2 Fall Semester
Year 2 Spring Semester
Accreditation
The Health Information Management accreditor of Augusta Technical College is the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The College’s accreditation for Associate of Applied Science degree in Health Information Management has been reaffirmed through 2027-2028. All inquiries about the program’s accreditation status should be directed by mail to CAHIIM, 200 East Randolph Street, Suite 5100, Chicago, IL, 60601; by phone at 312.235.3255; or by email at info@cahiim.org.
