Page 153 of Delgado Community College 2004-2005 Catalog by Delgado Community College New Orleans Louisiana

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEGREE: ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DIVISION: ALLIED HEALTH/CITY PARK The Health Information Technology Program (formerly Medical Records Technology) is a twoyear associate degree program which provides academic and clinical education in the field of Health Information services. The program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) in collaboration with the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs. After successful completion of the program, graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination given by AHIMA. The program has limited enrollment. Once accepted, the program requires two years to complete. Prospective students must contact the Allied Health Admissions Office to initiate the admissions procedure. The deadline for application to the program is March 15. To qualify for admission into the program, the student must meet the following criteria: 1. Possess a high school diploma or equivalent. 2. Score on the ACT, SAT or Delgado College Placement Test sufficient to place the student in college-level courses. (English 101, Math 118 and no remedial reading.) 3. If previous college courses have been taken, the students cumulative grade point average must be at least 2.0. 4. Be able to meet the programs technical standards. REQUIRED COURSES IN MAJOR* HEIT 101 Health Info. Tech. I 3 HEIT 211 Quality Assurance 3 HEIT 102 Legal Aspects 3 HEIT 212 Advanced Coding 3 HEIT 103 Basic Coding 3 HEIT 251 Directed Practice III 3 HEIT 104 Directed Practice I 3 HEIT 252 Health Info. Tech. Sem. 1 HEIT 151 Health Info. Tech. II 3 HEIT 253 Info. Tech. Mgt. 3 HEIT 152 Directed Practice II 3 REQUIRED RELATED COURSES BIOL 161 Intro. Anat. Phys. 3 HESC 142 Human Disease 3 BIOL 163 Intro. A P Lab 1 MANG 201 Principles of Mgmt. or CMIN 201 Computer Literacy 3 MANG 224 Supervision 3 HESC 111 Medical Terminology 3 PSYC 127 Gen. Psyc. 3 HESC 112 Advanced Medical SPCH 130/131/132 Terminology 3 Fund./Comm./Tech. 3 GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS** ENGL 101 English Comp. I 3 MATH 120 Math Survey 3 ENGL 102 English Comp. II 3 Humanities Requirement 3 MATH 118 Algebra for Coll. Sts. 3 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 71 * Required grade of C or higher. ** See General Education Requirements, pages 110-111, for approved Humanities courses. NOTE: See page 78 for Graduation Requirements. 153

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