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Health Care Information Technology

Health Care Information Technology

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Health Care Information Technology Program

Health Care Information Technology is the intersection of information science, computer science, and healthcare. It deals with the resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition storage, retrieval and use of information in health and biomedicine. Health Care Information Technology tools include not only computers, but also clinical guidelines, formal medical terminologies, and information & communications systems. It is applied to the areas of clinical care, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and both medical & biomedical research.

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Non-Credit Certificate Program Requirements
The Health Care Information Technology certificate program requires successful completion of four (4) required courses and two (2) elective courses.

Required Courses

T2010 - Introduction to Health Care Information Technology (HIT)
T2020 - Security, Privacy, and Regulation Issues in HIT
T2030 - Healthcare Data Warehousing & Analytics
T2040 - Healthcare Projects: Processes, Controls, and Quality

Elective Courses
T2050 - Introduction to Database Design & SQL Programming
T2060 - Fundamentals of Health Informatics
T2070 - Healthcare Information Technology Architecture
T2080 - Web 2.0 Technologies for Healthcare Information Management
T2085 - Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Implementation
T2090 - Introduction to Healthcare Studies