HIT 120 - Health Information Technology

(4 credits)

30 lecture hours; 60 lab hours
Prerequisites: ENG 101 , HIT 232
Lab fee
HIT 120 provides the student with orientation to the health records profession and health care delivery systems. Students will learn the uses, content and format of a health record in different health care settings. Health information, retention and retrieval systems, indices and registers will be studied. A simulated lab practice will be focused on the quantitative processing of a health record and techniques for filing, maintenance and acquisition of primary and secondary records. Many of the lab assignments will utilize computers.