Healthcare Business Informatics Program Overview
College of The Albemarle’s (COA) Healthcare Business Informatics (HBI) program will help prepare you for employment as a specialist in:
- Installation
- Data management
- Data archiving/retrieval
- System design and support
- Computer training for medical information systems
Degree and Certificate Options
- Associate in Applied Science in Healthcare Business Informatics (two years)
- Healthcare IT Foundations Certificate
Healthcare Business Informatics Careers
- Database/data warehouse analysts
- Technical support professionals
- Informatics technology professionals
- Medical appliance technicians
- Medical records and health information technicians
- Networking and security technicians
- Computer maintenance professionals in the healthcare field
Student Learning Outcomes
- Apply current and emerging technology applications and data standards to construct medical records and clinical databases
- Utilize technology, including hardware and software applications, to ensure data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting of health care information
- Collect, organize, and present data for quality management, utilization management, risk management, and other related studies
- Implement, support, and retrieve data utilizing informatics techniques including data warehousing, integrity, security, mining and reporting
Curriculum Guides
| First Year Fall Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBL 110 World of Work | n/a | 1 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 1 |
| ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry | Prerequisites: ENG 002 Tier 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CIS 111 Basic PC Literacy or CIS 110 Introduction to Computers |
Prerequisites for CIS 110: ENG 002 Tier 1 and MAT 003 Tier 1 Prerequisite for CIS 111: none |
1 – 2 | 2 | n/a | 3 – 4 | 2 – 3 |
| MAT 143 Quantitative Literacy or MAT 171 Precalculus Algebra |
Prerequisites for MAT 143: MAT 003 Tier 1 and ENG 002 Tier 1 Corequisite for MAT 143: MAT 043 Prerequisite for MAT 171: MAT 003 Tier 2 or MAT 143 or MAT 152 Corequisite for MAT 171: MAT 071 |
2 – 3 | 2 | n/a | 4 – 5 | 3 – 4 |
| MED 121 Medical Terminology I | Prerequisites: ENG 002 Tier 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| HBI 110 Issues and Trends in HBI | n/a | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 – 17 | |||||
| First Year Spring Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENG 112 Writing/Research in the Disciplines | Prerequisites: ENG 111 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CTI 120 Network and Security Foundations | Prerequisites: CIS 110 or CIS 111 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| CTS 240 Project Management or CTS 130 Spreadsheet or WBL 112, WBL 121, WBL 122, WBL 131, WBL 132 |
Prerequisites for CTS 240: ENG 002 Tier 1, and CIS 111 or CIS 110 Prerequisite for CTS 130: CIS 110 or CIS 111 Prerequisite for WBL: none |
0 – 2 | 0 – 2 | n/a | 4 – 20 | 2 – 3 |
| NOS 110 Operating Systems Concepts | Prerequisite: CIS 110 or CIS 111 | 2 | 3 | n/a | 5 | 3 |
| OST 149 Medical Legal Issues | n/a | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| MED 122 Medical Terminology II | Prerequisite: MED 121 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 17 – 18 | |||||
| Second Year Fall Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NET 110 Networking Concepts | Prerequisites: CIS 110 or CIS 111 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| CTS 120 Hardware/Software Support | Corequisites: CIS 110 or CIS 111 | 2 | 3 | n/a | 5 | 3 |
| HBI 113 Survey of Med Insurance | n/a | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| BUS 151 People Skills | n/a | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| DBA 110 Database Concepts | Prerequisites: CIS 110 or CIS 111 | 2 | 3 | n/a | 5 | 3 |
| CTS 115 Info Sys Business Concepts or BUS 110 Intro to Business |
Prerequisite for CTS 115: ENG 002 Tier 1 Prerequisite for BUS 110: ENG 002 Tier 1 |
3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 18 | |||||
| Second Year Spring Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hum/Fine Arts Elective: Choose an appropriate course from the CAA list |
Prerequisites: may vary based on course | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| PSY 150 General Psychology or SOC 210 Introduction to Sociology or ECO 251 Principles of Microeconomics |
Prerequisite for PSY 150: ENG 002 Tier 1 Prerequisite for SOC 210: ENG 002 Tier 1 Prerequisites for ECO 251: ENG 002 Tier 1 and MAT 003 Tier 1 |
3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| HBI 250 Data Mgmt and Utilization | Prerequisites: DBA 110, DBA 120, or DBA 210 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| DBA 115 Database Applications | Prerequisites: DBA 110 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| WBL 112, WBL 121, WBL 122, WBL 131, WBL 132, Work-Based Learning or CTI 110 Web Programming Database or OST 247 Procedural Coding |
Prerequisite for CTI 110: none Prerequisite for OST 247: MED 121 or OST 141 |
0 – 2 | 0 – 2 | n/a | 4 – 10 | 2 – 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 14 – 15 | |||||
| Total Semester Hours Required for Associate Degree | 64 – 68 | |||||
| First Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MED 121 Medical Terminology I | Prerequisites: ENG 002 Tier 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| HBI 110 Issues and Trends in HBI | n/a | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CIS 110 Intro to Computers or CIS 111 Basic PC Literacy |
Prerequisites for CIS 110: ENG 002 Tier 1 and MAT 003 Tier 1 Prerequisite for CIS 111: none |
3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 9 | |||||
| Second Semester Course Number and Title |
Prerequisites and Corequisites |
Class Hours | Lab Hours | Clinical Hours | Total Contact Hours | Total Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MED 122 Medical Terminology II | Prerequisite: MED 121 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| HBI 113 Survey of Med Insurance | n/a | 3 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 |
| CTI 120 Network and Security Foundations | Prerequisites: CIS 110 or CIS 111 | 2 | 2 | n/a | 4 | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 9 | |||||
| Total Semester Hours Required for Certificate | 18 | |||||