Health Information Technology
Healthcare professionals strive daily to provide real-time health care delivery and aid in health-related decision making. Helping provide that commitment of quality healthcare are health information management professionals who specialize in electronic health records and other emerging technology; education for patients, providers, and administrators; patient record structure and content; data abstracting and analysis; privacy and security issues; quality improvement; compliance of standards and regulatory requirements; support for clinical researchers and business analysts; and advocating for consumers.
The Health Information Technology Associate Degree Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). Please check the locations below for accreditation status.
SAMPLE CAREERS IN THIS FIELD: Documentation Specialist, Coder, HIM Director, HIM Department Manager or Supervisor
DEGREES AVAILABLE: Associate of Science. Availability of degrees varies by campus. Contact your campus of interest below for more information
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Contact your campus of interest below to find out more about the Associate of Science transfer degree programs. Students are encouraged to review their options with their advisors, to consult the current catalog of the institution to which they wish to transfer, and to contact the institution to which they wish to transfer. Students may also contact the transfer office of their local Ivy Tech for further information.
To earn this degree, you must have 71-73 credits in the following areas:
- General Education Core: 25-27 credits
- Professional/Technical Core: 46 credits
CURRICULUM
View the curriculum for this program and all others currently available at Ivy Tech.
LOCATIONS
The Health Information Technology program is offered at the following campuses. Please click on the campus of interest below for contact and campus specific program information:
Bloomington
Faculty Contact:
Kathleen M. Craig, RHIA, CCS
Health Information Technology
Program Chair and Assistant Professor
Phone: (812) 330-6112
Fax: (812) 330-6231
kcraig@ivytech.edu
Program Summary
Course Descriptions
Recommended Course Sequence
Essential Functions
Curriculum Changes for Fall 2012
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Information Sessions are held periodically throughout the year and dates will be posted here as they become available.
The Bloomington program is an accredited Health Information Technology Program by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), since August, 2008.
Central Indiana (Indianapolis)
The Health Information Management Associate Degree Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
Contact:
Brenda M. Kupecky, MS, RHIA
Program Chair/Associate Professor
(317) 917-7166
bkupecky@ivytech.edu
- Application Packet (doc)
- Course Descriptions (doc)
- Profession Overview (doc)
A reservation is not required to attend a Health Information Technology Information Session. Sessions are held in room 352 at the Fairbanks Center on the Lawrence Campus, 9301 E. 59th Street (just north of 56th and Post Road).
Sessions will last for one and one-half hours.
Health Information Technology Information Sessions
| Thursday | June 14, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | September 13, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | November 15, 2012 | 3:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | February 14, 2013 | 3:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | April 18, 2013 | 3:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | June 13, 2013 | 3:00 p.m. |
Lafayette
Contact
Shelley Peterson
Program Chair and Instructor, Health Information Technology
(765) 269-5720
The Health Information Technology associate degree program is in Candidacy Status, pending accreditation review by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
