Health Information Management Specialist

The Health Information Management Specialization is designed to train health information specialists to work with health care professionals and administration to organize, analyze and preserve medical information used to evaluate patient care, diagnose and treat illnesses and substantiate reimbursement. It provides students with a unique blend of courses in information technology, business management and clinical knowledge. Students who possess an interest in studying disease and therapies but who prefer not to work in a direct patient care setting find this career very rewarding. An interest in using computers to manage data is very important.

Associate of Applied Science in Business and Office in Administrative Support Technology and a Specialization in Health Information Management

Four-semester (two-year) program

First Year

First Semester

Course #	Course Title	Lect. Hrs.	Lab Hrs.	Credits	Transfer
AST 101 ¹	Keyboarding I	3	0	3
AST 136	Office Record Keeping	3	0	3
AST 160	Learning the Internet for Business	1	0	1
AST 260	Presentation Software	2	0	2
ENG 111	College Composition I	3	0	3	View transfer information
Virginias Public Colleges & Universities Virginia Tech ENGL 1105 Radford University CORE 101 Old Dominion University ENGL 110C Virginias Private Colleges & Universities Bluefield College ENG 1013/1023, GEN ED Liberty University ENGL 101 Emory & Henry College ENG 100
HIM 113	Medical Terminology and Disease Processes I	3	0	3
SDV 100	College Success Skills	1	0	1	View transfer information
Virginias Public Colleges & Universities Radford University UNIV 100 elective
Suggested Credits & Hours for Semester		16	0	16

Second Semester

Course #	Course Title	Lect. Hrs.	Lab Hrs.	Credits	Transfer
AST 102	Keyboarding II	3	0	3
AST 236	Specialized Software Applications	3	0	3
ELE ²	Humanities Elective	3	0	3
ELE ⁴	Natural Science, AST, or IT Elective	3	0	3
CST 126	Interpersonal Communication	3	0	3	View transfer information
Virginias Public Colleges & Universities Radford University COMS 250
Suggested Credits & Hours for Semester		15	0	15

Second Year

Third Semester

Course #	Course Title	Lect. Hrs.	Lab Hrs.	Credits	Transfer
AST 107	Editing/Proofreading Skills	3	0	3
AST 141	Word Processing I	3	0	3	View transfer information

AST 234	Records and Database Management	3	0	3
AST 243	Office Administration I	3	0	3
ELE ⁷	Health Information Management Elective	4	3	3
ELE ⁵	Health/Physical Education Elective	1	0	1
Suggested Credits & Hours for Semester		17	3	16

Fourth Semester

Course #	Course Title	Lect. Hrs.	Credits
AST 245	Medical Machine Transcription	3	3
AST 298 ^*	Seminar and Project in Administrative Support	3	3
HIM 151	Reimbursement Issues in Medical Practice Management	2	2
ELE ⁸	Health Information Management Elective	3	3
BUS 125	Applied Business Mathematics	3	3
ELE ⁵	Health/Physical Education Elective	1	1
Suggested Credits & Hours for Semester		15	15

Students who possess keyboarding skills may petition for advanced placement with Credit by Examination.

Humanities Electives: ART 101, CST 151, HUM 201, HUM 260, MUS 121, PHI 100, PHI 220, REL 200, REL 210, REL 230

Recommend NAS 150. Students may take BIO 141 which can substitute for the NAS 150.

HIM 253 Health Records Coding or HIM 101 Health Information Technology

Recommend HLT 145 can be taken. This course is also required in the Medical Coding and Medical Transcriptionist Career Studies Certificate programs.

This is a capstone course and should be taken the last semester.

HIM 254 Advanced Coding/Reimbursement or HIM 150 Health Records Management