What is 'Health Information Management Systems'?
The field of health information management is one of the fastest growing professions in the healthcare industry where employment is secure and advancement opportunities are plentiful. Health information management professionals possess the skills necessary to manage staff and/or systems used to collect, store, retrieve and communicate healthcare data that is used for the planning, delivery, reimbursement, protection and evaluation of patient care. Such skills will enable you to work in a variety of healthcare organizations and other health-related or commercial industry settings.
Is it for you?
Interested in working in health care, the largest industry in the U.S., without having to care for patients? Healthcare technology puts you in a growing industry where there's a strong career outlook for technologists like clinical coders, data analysts, patient information coordinators and health record technicians.
Fueled by new information privacy regulations, careers in healthcare technology are among the 20 occupations projected to grow fastest through 2012. Associate degree program prepare you in just 2 years or less to work as a skilled professional in hospitals, physician's offices, clinics and other medical or mental health facilities as well as for pharmaceutical companies, educational institutions, government agencies and vendor firms.
Jobs and Salary expectations
A 2006 survey revealed actual salary figures instead of indicating a range. More than 13,300 individuals responded to the survey.The survey results revealed that across all work settings the average income is $55,676. But this number doesn't tell the whole story. It doesn't reflect the great diversity of those working in HIM (based on work setting, job title, education level, certification, and more). To learn more click here
In the Metro area, a Certified Professional Coder's salary starts with no experience around $13.00 hour and move up to $20.00 as they get experience. A Certified Professional Coder-Hospital's salary starts at $17.00 and moves up to $25.00 or more. In this area UNMC, Alegent Health, Mid-West Neuroscience, Ortho-West, Immanuel and several physician offices have hired our students as well as Mercy Midlands Hospital in Council Bluffs. Heartland Medical Billing has hired seven (7) of our students over the last two years as full-time employees when they have finished their internship. The student who has a CPC and CPC-H can work from home, even in the Omaha area.
Program Faculty
Program Descriptions
Metropolitan Community College offers an Associate Degree with three options in Health Information Management Systems (HIMS).
*Upon successful completion of the Coding and Billing Associate Degree Program, students can sit for the certification exam for
Certified Professional Coder® (CPC®) sponsored by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). The preparatory class for taking the test is HIMS 2910.
**Upon successful completion of the Medical Transcription Associate Degree Program, students can sit fo the certification exam for the Registered Medical Transcriptionist (RMT ) sponsored through the
Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity
(AHDI). The preparatory class for taking this exam is HIMS 2930.
***Metro also offers the Certified Professional Coder-Hospital® (CPC-H®) is an individual of high professional integrity who has passed a medical coding certification examination sponsored by the AAPC. The preparatory class for taking the exam is HIMS 2920.
In addition, the college offers a Certificates of Achievement with three options in Medical Office.
NATIONAL PROGRAM APPROVAL
| The Medical Transcription program, comprehensive medical transcription program, is approved by the Approval Committee for Certificate Programs (ACCP), a joint committee established by AHIMA and AHDI to approve medical transcription education certificate programs. AHIMA and AHDI acknowledge the ACCP approval committee as the process to identify quality medical transcription education programs that have been evaluated by a peer review process against a minimum set of standards for entry-level medical transcription professionals. This process allows academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and private companies to be acknowledged as offering an AHDI Approved Medical Transcription Certificate Program. |
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