Health Information Technology Program and Healthcare Documentation Program at Richland Community College
Richland Community College houses two accredited healthcare programs: Health Information Technology, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), as well as Healthcare Documentation (formerly Medical Transcription), accredited by the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI).
Many people are attracted to Healthcare Documentation because of the ability to work from home. Here are some job titles available in the Healthcare Documentation field; medical transcriptionist or healthcare documentation specialist, editor, QA auditor, medical scribe, telescribe, ROI coordinator, data quality specialist, project manager, trainer, provider services supervisor, etc.
Health Information Technology students can further their education and obtain a bachelor's degree in Health Information Administration. Some job titles for Registered Health Information Technologists include; medical coder, clinical documentation specialist, health information analyst, insurance claims analyst, trauma registrar, cancer registrar, clinical data analyst, compliance specialist, health information systems trainer, etc.
Both fields are continually evolving and growing with the implementation of electronic health records. Both programs can be completed online. For more information, please visit our website - http://www.richland.edu/programs/hit and http://www.richland.edu/programs/ot/medtrans.
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