The Health Information Technology program is a sequence of courses designed to provide students with the technical knowledge and skills necessary to process, maintain, compile, and report health information data for reimbursement, facility planning, marketing, risk management, utilization management, quality assessment and research; to abstract and code clinical data using appropriate classification systems; and to analyze health records according to standards. Also, program graduates will develop leadership skills necessary to serve in a functional supervisory role in various components of the health information system. Students are required to complete two unpaid practicum in the HIT program. Each practicum is 12 credit hours for a total of 120 contact hours per quarter.

ACCREDITATION
Students completeing the HIT Diploma program may trasfer to the HIT Degree program or challenge the CCS-p, CCA or CPC coding certification exam through American Health Information Association (AHMA) or American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)