Healthcare Business Informatics

The Healthcare Business Informatics curriculum prepares individuals for employment as specialists in installation, data management, data archiving/retrieval, system design and support, and computer training for medical information systems.

Students learn about the field through multidisciplinary coursework including the study of terminology relating to informatics, systems analysis, networking technology, computer/network security, data warehousing, archiving and retrieval of information, and healthcare computer infrastructure support.

Graduates should qualify for employment as database/data warehouse analysts, technical support professionals, informatics technology professionals, systems analysts, networking and security technicians, and computer maintenance professionals in the healthcare field.

Mission Statement

The primary focus of our department is to train students to possess the appropriate skill set so that our graduates can find employable opportunities as key members of health care teams by providing information technology customer support in health related facilities. We attempt to mold students that are critical thinkers and flexible for today’s job market with technical job skills and soft skills. We have a goal to offer postsecondary technical education at the highest level of quality.

Printed Healthcare Business Informatics Brochure

Please take a look at our current newsletter so you can read about some of the good things our students have been doing! Leading up to graduation this past spring, our students had great co-op experiences and had an opportunity to apply what they have learned in a medical office setting. Students were able to earn HIPAA certificates by participating in an in-depth online study program. And many of our graduates had jobs or had made plans to continue their education upon graduation. Good things really do come from small colleges!

Archived Spring 2011 Newletter

Contact

jwijewickrama.jpgJodi Wijewickrama

Program Manager, Healthcare Business Informatics & Medical Office Administration
185 Freedlander Drive Room 234
Clyde, NC 28721
(828) 565-4016

Program Information

Use the links to the right to move straight to each degree offered in this program. Clicking on a class title will bring up a description of that class.

Suggested Schedule for 2011-2012 (Updated Aug 19, 2011)

Associate In Applied Science Degree (AAS) A25510

Fall Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
ACA 111 College Student Success 1 0 0 1
CIS 110 Introduction to Computers 2 2 0 3
ENG 111 Expository Writing 3 0 0 3
MED 121 Medical Terminology I 3 0 0 3
NET 125 Networking Basics 1 4 0 3
NOS 110 Operating Systems Concepts 2 3 0 3
Total: 16
Spring Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
CTS 120 Hardware/Software Support 2 3 0 3
DBA 110 Database Concepts 2 3 0 3
HBI 110 Issues and Trends in HBI 3 0 0 3
MED 122 Medical Terminology II 3 0 0 3
NOS 130 Windows Single User 2 2 0 3
Total: 15
Summer Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
ENG 114 Professional Research & Reporting 3 0 0 3
  Humanities/Fine Arts 3 0 0 3
  Mathematics 3 0 0 3
  Social & Behavioral Sciences 3 0 0 3
Total: 12
Fall Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
HBI 113 Survey of Medical Insurance 3 0 0 3
HBI 250 Data Management and Utilization 3 0 0 3
NOS 230 Windows Administration l 2 2 0 3
OST 181 Introduction to Office Systems 2 2 0 3
SEC 110 Security Concepts 3 0 0 3
Total: 15
Spring Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
BUS 110 Introduction to Business 3 0 0 3
CIS 115 Introduction to Programming and Logic 2 3 0 3
OST 137 Office Software Applications 2 2 0 3
HBI 289 HBI Project 1 4 0 3
OST 149 Medical Legal Issues 3 0 0 3
Total: 15

Total Credit Hours: 73

Mathematics: Choose 3 hours from the following courses
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
MAT 140 Survey of Mathematics 3 0 0 3
MAT 151 Statistics I 3 0 0 3
MAT 171 Precalculus Algebra 3 0 0 3

 

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