Health Information Management

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Tri-County Technical College offers the Health Information Management 1+1 program in cooperation with Greenville Technical College. Tri-County offers the Pre-Health Information Management Assistant Certificate as the first phase of the Health Information Management program. The second phase is offered at Greenville Technical College. Completion of both phases (I & II) prepares students to maintain components of health information systems and to analyze and evaluate technical and highly sensitive information in health records. Graduates perform tasks related to the use, analysis, validation, presentation, abstracting, coding, storage, security, retrieval, quality measurement, and control of health care data. They may perform these duties in many diverse health care settings.

SCHEDULING AND ENTRY OPTIONS
RELATED CERTIFICATE(S)

SCHEDULING AND ENTRY OPTIONS
This is a 1+1 program in conjunction with Greenville Technical College. The Tri-County Phase I portion of the program is offered in the day or evening. Students may enroll any term. Students will be accepted into the second phase of the program at Greenville Technical College on a first-come basis after the required criteria have been completed. Greenville Technical College will accept three students from Tri-County Technical College each fall semester. Required course work for the first phase at Tri-County must be completed in the spring semester prior to entry into phase two in the fall semester. It is the student’s responsibility to be sure that his/her name has been placed on the class list for the desired entry date into the second phase of the program.

CERTIFICATE:
Pre-Health Information Management
Graduation Credits Required: 35

CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS:
Required Program Courses: 35 Semester Credit Hours