Health Information Technology - Santa Barbara City College

Health Information Technology from Santa Barbara City College is a Campus Associate Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Health Information Technology (HIT) Program prepares students for a career that places them where the expanding arena of healthcare meets the cutting edge of technology. HIT professionals are the experts on patient data that doctors, nurses and other providers rely on to perform their jobs and which consumers need to manage their own healthcare. By maintaining, collecting, analyzing and securing health information, their work makes an important contribution to the delivery of quality care. Graduates of the program are granted the Associate in Science Degree in Health Information Technology . The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), in cooperation with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Graduates are eligible to take the national certifying exam to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). Program Student Learning Outcomes 1. Apply biomedical knowledge to the process of clinical code assignment 2. Analyze and communicate clinical and statistical data to improve patient care and facilitate financial planning 3. Apply and demonstrate legal, ethical, accreditation and certification standards to health information 4. Participate in planning and implementing clinical and administrative information systems in traditional and alternative healthcare settings 5. Apply departmental and organizational standards to data storage, retrieval, retention and security 6. Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as an individual and collaboratively in a group to resolve health information management challenges in a changing healthcare environment View more details on Santa Barbara City College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.