Quality information is essential to all aspects of today's healthcare system. Health information management (HIM) is the body of knowledge and practice that ensures the availability of health information to facilitate real-time healthcare delivery and critical health-related decision making for multiple purposes across diverse organizations, settings, and disciplines. HIM professionals play a critical role in maintaining, collecting and analyzing the data that doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers rely on to deliver quality healthcare.

They are experts in managing patient health information and medical records, administering computer information systems and coding the diagnosis and procedures for healthcare services provided to patients. Health information management (HIM) professionals work in 40 different settings under 125 different job titles. They often serve in bridge roles, connecting clinical, operational, and administrative functions. 

Health information technicians find employment in a variety of healthcare facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, research centers, and clinics.

Graduates of this program receive the Associate of Applied Science degree in Health Information Technology.

To provide allied health students with a personal and professional learning centered education.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of health information technicians in the United States is expected to grow at 18 percent through 2016 “faster than the average for all occupations”; Ohio expects 20.4 percent job growth through the year 2014.

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To apply for acceptance into the Health Information Technology program, click on the above link for requirements.