About Health Information Technology
Why Health Information Technology (HIT)?
Interested in working in health care, the largest industry in the U.S., without having to care for patients? Healthcare technology puts you in a growing industry where there's a strong career outlook for technologists like clinical coders, data analysts, patient information coordinators and health record technicians.
Fueled by new information privacy regulations, careers in healthcare technology are among the 20 occupations projected to grow fastest through 2012.
Let DeVry's Health Information Technology associate degree program prepare you - in just 2 years or less! - to work as a skilled professional in hospitals, physician's offices, clinics and other medical or mental health facilities as well as for pharmaceutical companies, educational institutions, government agencies and vendor firms.
Why DeVry for Health Information Technology?
For students seeking the most comprehensive, hands-on and career-oriented degree program in health care technology, DeVry will give you the best advantage. Here's why:
- Recognized leader. A leader in technology-based business education for over 75 years, DeVry prepares you for high-demand, high-paying careers in health care technology.
- Employer approved. DeVry works with computer and technology industry leaders to design programs that produce graduates who meet their needs. Plus, our HIT degree holders have more of the communications and teamwork skills that today's employers seek.
- Career-focused education. DeVry offers an accelerated associate degree program that can be earned in 2 years or less, applications-based learning in up-to-date computer labs, accessible faculty with professional credentials, and experience in the field and the ultimate flexibility of an HIT online.
- Latest techniques and tools. As a Health Information Technology student at DeVry, you will have access to up-to-date coding and chart management lab software 24/7; engage in professional practice experience, including a practicum in the final semester; and follow a curriculum based on current Associate Degree Entry-Level Competencies outlined by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), industry standards for HIT programs.
- Bachelor's degree completion. DeVry's bachelor's degree program in Technical Management now offers a Health Information Management (HIM) technical specialty, designed for Health Information Technology associate degree-holders who want to take the next step in their career by advancing into another booming field in healthcare technology.
- Successful graduates. For the year ending the October '07 graduates, 80% of U.S. DeVry Health Information Technology graduates were employed in their field and enjoying a salary averaging nearly $30,000. (Of graduates who actively pursued and obtained employment and those who were already employed in education-related careers within 180 days of graduation.)
Program-specific accreditation
The Health Information Technology (HIT) associate degree programs offered online and at the Alpharetta, Chicago, Decatur, Houston, Irving and Pomona (including the metro campuses of Long Beach and Sherman Oaks) campuses are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM, www.cahiim.org). CAHIIM requires separate review of each eligible program at each location. A location may not apply for accreditation review of a given program until the program is fully operational.
The most recent information on the status of CAHIIM accreditation of a location's HIT program, or of the bachelor's degree program in Technical Management with a technical specialty in Health Information Management, is available from the location offering the HIT program. More information on CAHIIM can be found at http://www.cahiim.org/.
