Program Overview
The Health Information Technology curriculum provides you with the knowledge and skills to process, analyze, abstract, compile, maintain, manage and report health information. You’ll supervise departmental functions; classify, code and index diagnoses and procedures; coordinate information for cost control, quality management, statistics, marketing, and planning; monitor governmental and non-governmental standards; facilitate research; and design system controls to monitor patient information security.
Graduates of this program may be eligible to write the national certification examination to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT).
Careers
- Hospitals
- Rehabilitation facilities
- Nursing homes
- Health insurance organizations
- Outpatient clinics
- Physicians’ offices
- Hospice
- Mental health facilities
Partnership
Instructional Service Agreement (ISA) Between Pitt Community College and College of The Albemarle (COA)
Through this ISA agreement, you may earn General Education courses at COA for transfer to Pitt Community College’s Health Information Technology program. Please visit Pitt Community College for other program courses and admission requirements.
Accreditation
The Pitt Community College Health Information Technology program is accredited by:
Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
233 N. Michigan Ave, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60601-5800
Email: info@cahiim.org
Curriculum Guide
Effective fall 2021: This new curriculum guide has not been updated in the 2021 – 2022 academic catalog.
| COA Course Number and Title | Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry | Prerequisite: ENG 002 Tier 1 Corequisite: ENG 011 |
3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| ENG 112 Writing/Research in the Disciplines | Prerequisite: ENG 111 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| HUM 115 Critical Thinking or PHI 240 Introduction to Ethics |
Prerequisite for HUM 115: ENG 002 Tier 1 Prerequisite for PHI 240: ENG 111 |
3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| PSY 150 General Psychology | Prerequisites: ENG 002 Tier 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| MAT 152 Statistical Methods I | Prerequisites: MAT 003 Tier 1 and ENG 002 Tier 1 Corequisite: MAT 052 |
3 | 2 | n/a | 5 | 4 |
| BIO 163 Anatomy and Physiology | Prerequisites: ENG 002 Tier 1, and either BIO 090 or high school Biology | 4 | 2 | n/a | 6 | 5 |
| CIS 110 Introduction to Computers | Prerequisites: ENG 002 Tier 1 and MAT 003 Tier 1 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| CTS 130 Spreadsheet | Prerequisite: CIS 110 or CIS 111 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| ACA 111 College Student Success | n/a | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1 |
| MED 121 Medical Terminology I | Prerequisite: ENG 002 Tier 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| MED 122 Medical Terminology II | Prerequisite: MED 121 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| Total credits at participating college/COA | 34 | |||||