Health Information Management
The registered health information technician (RHIT) is an important member of the health care team, who performs a variety of technical medical record functions, including the following: Organizing and technically evaluating medical records per established standards; compiling various administrative and health statistics; coding symptoms, diseases, operations, procedures and other therapies per recognized classification systems; maintaining a variety of health record indexes, special registries and storage and retrieval systems; inputting and retrieving computerized health data; controlling use and release of health information. Additional information: www.pcc.edu/programs/health-info-mgmt.
For program or application information call 503-978-5661. Enrollment in courses is limited to those officially accepted into the program.
- HIM 105
- Ancillary Information Analysis
- HIM 107
- Ancillary Info Analysis Lab
- HIM 121
- Legal/Ethical Aspects Hlthcare
- HIM 129
- A & P for Health Info Mgmt 2
- HIM 270
- Classification Systems I
- HIM 271
- Quality Improv in Healthcare
- HIM 274
- Quality Improvement HC Lab
- HIM 282
- Data Management & Analysis 2
- HIM 285
- HC Financing & Compliance