Program offered is an Associate.

• Earn your Health Services Information Technology (HSIT) degree today! (65 credits)

  President Obama has made it clear that health information technology will play a central role in this plan to overhaul the healthcare system. The nation must “employ technology and innovation to solve our nation’s most pressing problems,” – according to Obama’s website. His legislation will help to move to a “nationwide system of computerized medical records that won't just save money, save lives…” but it will also help to create “hundreds of thousands of jobs.” -excerpts of Obama’s speech at George Washington University (January 2009). Become a part of the one of the nation’s most in demand occupations today! Get a degree in Health Services Information Technology!
• Plaza's caring Faculty and Staff will help you learn to:

• Understand and be able to utilize an integrated health care system
• Develop strong skills in billing, coding, reimbursement, database management, health statistics
• Complete online coursework and field work at an approved externship site working with medical records and related technology applications.

• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, technicians with a strong background in medical coding will be particularly in high demand! Our HSIT training will help you to obtain career opportunities and sit for a certification as a Registered Health Information Technologists. Graduates of this program are prepared for exciting careers as Health Information Technicians, Medical Record Technicians, Medical Record Coders, and Clinical Data Collectors to name a few.
• With this degree and a certification, many graduates can advance and move quickly to a management position in the healthcare field! “… everything will be digital, everything will be electronic. Web-based systems are going to have a very integral role in what I believe will be an evolutionary process," says Ned Moore, CEO at Portico Systems.

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