Program Details
Career Program
Health Information Technology Core Certificate
Program Information:
Core Certificate
Faculty Advisor: Anne Marani · Phone: 410-386-8265 · Email: amarani@carrollcc.edu
This Core Certificate in Health Information Technology is designed to prepare students for employment as health information technicians in hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care facilities, physician offices, home health agencies and other facilities, which create and or evaluate health records. Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to interpret health record documentation using knowledge of anatomy, physiology, clinical disease processes, pharmacology, and medical terminology to identify codeable diagnoses and/or procedures and will be eligible to sit for certification examinations offered by the American Health Information Management Association.
All courses must be completed with a a minimum grade of C.
Program Length: 12 months
Certificate Requirements/Recommended Course Sequence
| BIOL-105 | Human Biology | 4 credits |
| HIT-111 | Medical Terminology | 3 credits |
| HIT-115 | Pathophysiology and Pharmacology | 4 credits |
| HIT-121 | Basic Diagnosis Coding | 3 credits |
| HIT-122 | Basic Procedure Coding | 3 credits |
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Total Credits |
17 credits |
Mid-Maryland Allied Healthcare Education Consortium: Certificate awarded by Carroll Community College
Although Carroll may not collect all of the following data, it must disclose the following information based on the Department of Education's Gainful Employment Program.
Office of Postsecondary Education Identification Number (OPEID): 031007
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Number: 510707
Related Occupations
Finances
- Higher Education Opportunity Act: Student Financial Assistance
- Tuition and fees
- In-county: $2,216.80
- Out-of-county: $3,216.40
- Out-of-state: $4,501.60
- Books and supplies (approximate): $600
- Room and board: NA
Student Completion (July 1, 2011 - June 31, 2012)*
- Students completing with loan debt - Carroll does not offer student loans.
Program Completion Time
- Typical completion time: 12 months
- Student completion within typical time frame*
- Percentage completing within the normal time frame*
Job Placement
- Program completer job placement rate - In compliance with federal guidelines, job placement rates will not be reported until a federal methodology is approved.
*In compliance with federal guidelines, for privacy reasons, this is not reported for programs with less than 10 certificate graduates in the reported year.
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