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Program Profile: Health Information Technology

Program Description | Accreditation | Program Highlights
About the Profession | Faculty | Class Size
Length of Program | Locations | Prerequisites
Costs | Scholarships and Financial Aid | How to Apply

Program Description

Name of program: Health Information Technology

Program Overview: Health Information professionals are an important part of the healthcare industry. Health Information professionals are experts who secure, analyze, integrate, and manage information that steers the healthcare industry. A health information professional's responsibilities are the medical record, both computer-based and paper, of an individuals' health care. The health information professional facilitates the collection of many kinds of documentation from a variety of sources, monitors the integrity of the information, and ensures appropriate access to the individual record. Health Information professionals work in a variety of health care settings. These settings include but are not limited to: acute, long-term care, outpatient surgery, and physician office, ambulatory health care and psychiatric settings. Opportunities also exist in related health care settings like insurance companies, medical clinics, computer software vendors, and health maintenance organizations, software companies, and law firms. Health Information professionals perform a variety of technical health information functions. Some common job responsibilities could include: organizing, analyzing, and technically evaluating health information; compiling various administrative and health statistics; coding diseases; operations, and procedures; performing DRG and utilization review procedures. Other functions could include maintaining statistics, transcribing medical reports, and supervising employees.

Accreditation

Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management in conjunction with the American Health Information Management Association's Council on Accreditation.

Graduates of our program are qualified to sit for the written national Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)credential offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

Program Highlights

The Health Information Technology program is available as a fully web based program. The Health Information Technology program's first graduating class was in 1996. The program is proud to state a 100% pass rate on the RHIT national examination from 1996-present.

About the Profession

Health Information professionals work in a variety of health care settings. These settings include but are not limited to: acute, long-term care, outpatient surgery, and physician office, ambulatory health care and psychiatric settings. Opportunities also exist in related health care settings like insurance companies, medical clinics, computer software vendors, and health maintenance organizations, software companies, and law firms. Health Information professionals perform a variety of technical health information functions. Some common job responsibilities could include: organizing, analyzing, and technically evaluating health information; compiling various administrative and health statistics; coding diseases; operations, and procedures; performing DRG and utilization review procedures. Other functions could include maintaining statistics, transcribing medical reports, and supervising employees.

Potential Salary: $30,000 - $85,000

Faculty

Two full time faculty with a cumulative 30+ years of experience in the HIM field. It is the mission of the HIT faculty to foster high quality professionals to excel in the many different facets of the health information profession.

Class Size

Fixed Seats: Yes

Number of students in entering class: 20

Total number of students enrolled in program: 55

Length of Program

Number of academic years needed to complete the program: 2

Locations

Locations offered: Pocatello

Program offered fully online? Yes

Program delivered through distance presentation? No

Prerequisites

Required Degree: None

Costs

Tuition: Annual tuition set by University for residents or non-residents.

Professional fees: None

Equipment: None

Books: $600

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Scholarship Deadline: Contact the Scholarship Office for more information.

Financial Aid Deadline: Contact the Office of Financial Aid for more information.

Other Information: Tara Denning RHIT Scholarship - pays for one student a year to sit for the RHIT national exam. IDHIMA RHIT Scholarship - pays for one student ayear to sit for the RHIT national exam.

How to Apply

Application Deadline: Open enrollment

Program Start Date: Fall semester and Spring semester

Other Information: Apply